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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17

Commemorative of fifty years of
welded life. Mr.. and Mrs. David Felt
man celebrated their golden wedding
at their home. 233 South Eighth street
this afternoon. Descendants and in
innate friends of the aged German
couple participated in a reception
given at the family home.
After the Rev. A. ]. Feeger, pastor
of St. Johns Lutheran church, Of
which the couple has been members
for many years, had read the golden
wedding ceremonial rite, two great
grandchildren. Carl and Alma Felt
man, children of Walter Feltman of
INDIANAPOLIS, were baptized. The
christening ceremony was a distinct
surprise to the aged couple and many
of their children as. its administra-
tion had been secretly arranged.
The Feltman home had been decor
ated with a color scheme of yellow and
white. More than a hundred guests
were entertained at the reception
which began at 8 o'clock this after
noon.
Serve Old Menu.
The wedding dinner, served at 5
o'clock, followed as closely as posi-
BILE the menu served fifty years ago
when the couple was married in this
city.
Richmond has been their home all
these years Their children occupy
enviable positions in the business
world of this city and Indianapolis.
Constant members of st. Johns Lu-
theran church, all their children were
baptized and confirmed in the old St
Johns church on South Fourth street
and all of them attended the paroch-
ial school connected with it.
Honored Germans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Feltman are rated
among the substantial and thrifty
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
LOS ANGELES RATED
EARLHAM CENTER

More than seventy-fve graduates
of Earlham college and hosts of for
mer undergraduates reside in and
near Los Angeles" commented Prof
E. P. Trueblood today He and Mrs
Trueblood have just returned from an
extended tour in the West.
Il was agreeably surprised" he con-
tinued, ito. see how Earlham gradu-
ates and undergraduates have flocked
to this state of the Union. Los Angeles
is . large EarIham center"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
APPEARS,
Health Officer Says Disease
is Due to Use of Well
Water.

Four cases of typhoid fever have
developed in this city since Monday.
This statement was made by DR.. T.
H. Davis, health officer. today. Sew
eral days ago DR.. Davis predicted that
typhoid would be present in this city
soon. Well water was used by those
who are now afflicted. Persons who
are using we'll water are warned to
boil 1t before using
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
MAIL CARRIERS
WANT PENSIONS

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept. IA
plan to pension rural carriers was the
most important matter before the Ma
tional Rural Mail Carriers associa-
ton in convention here today. d. e.
DeGraw, fourth assistant postmaster
general under President Taft, is here
advocating plan which he says con-
gress will approve. More than $500
delegates are in attendance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
BRANDS WIFE AS AN
HABITUAL DRINKER

Charging that his wife is an habit
ual drunkard. George Morris todax
fled suit for divorce in the Wayne
circuit court
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-17
WEATHER FORECAST

STATE AND LocAL-Riehmond. Ind.
Sept. II, 1918. Generally fair to-
night and Thursday cooler.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
Bayou Dam Inspected.

An Inspection OF the Bayou La
fourche dam was made yesterday
morning by Gov Luther E. Hall and
a party consisting of Major f. NJ.
Kerr, chief of the State Board of
Engineers; NJ. L. Alexander, men,
ber Of the State Conservation Com
mission; Edward O. Wild, editor of
the Gulf States Farmer, and Mr.
Willard. of the New Orleans firm of
Willard & Eiseman, publicity agents
The party arrived here at 7::3o a.
N. aboard the Conservation Commits
sion's steamer Daisy, after a two
hour run from Plaquemine, where
they spent the previous night.
Messrs. F. B. .Lemann, Capt. Vic
tor Maurin, C. H. Landry, R. n.
Sims and Capt H. C. Whiteman met
the party upon their arrival here
and showed them over the dam, the
condition Of which has been a cause
of concern for some time. The copi-
GUS seepage through the big en-
bankment has resulted in the appear
ance of sand boils near the base on
the land side, and some caVing has
occurred. However, the engineers
declare there is no cause for alarm,
and are counting upon the steel sheet
plllng just driven across the toe Of
the dam on the river side to ma
terially re-enforce the structure and
reduce the seepage to a considera-
Bile extent.
The governors party remained here
about AN hour. and half, leaving at
8 o'clock to continue the inspection
tour by making stops at the Ren1y
levee in st. James parish and the
newly-built Hymelia levee in st.
Charles
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10

study obtained the degree of A. B.
Entering the Harvard Law School
in the fall of 1898, he took three
years course and graduated in 1900
with the degree Of Bachelor Of Laws,
cum lauGe. After returning to Dom
aldsonyille and serving an apprentice
ship in the legal profession Under
the tutelage CT Hen. e. n. Pugh, he
was admitted into a partnership with
that distinguished attorney and be-
came junior member of the firm of
Pagh & Lenaann. IN 1904 lie was.
elected as one Of Ascension S repre-
.seiltatiTes IN the lower house Of the.
louisiana general assembly and serv-
ed with conspicuous ability until 1908,
declining to become a candidate for
reelection. In 1912 he was elected a
member of the parish school board
from this ward, which position he
will relinquish upon his Inauguration
as mayor OF Donaldsonvil1e Mr.
Lemann is connected with the Lem
ann Co., Ltd, one of the largest sE-
gar planting and manufacturing firms
in the state, ard has beautiful,
modera residence in the Len2ann# Ad-
ditien, DonaldsonviIle's handsome
residential suburb In 1905 he mar
ried Miss Muriel MaNas..ofs Natehez.
Miss, and two fine sHsaren have
come to bless the union.
William ]. Leblanc. comm missioner
of finance. was born at Belle Rose.
Assumption parish, and at an early
age served as assistant postmaster
of that place under his father, Mich
olas Leblanc, who was i'll charge Of.
the office for upwards Of twenty
years. Upon the death Of the elder
Leblanc, Mrs. Leblanc was appoints
ed Dostmistress, and her son as
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10

224, and he is generally loolzg---sposn
as one of the conmunity's INST
level-headed, worthy and conscfenti-
Gus young citizens. He is now a
resident ef the third ward, having
recently erected "a cozy home in. the.
Lemann Addition.
Frank Milano, commissioner of
parks and streets, was born at Sor-
rento, Italy, in 1878. He. came to DON
aldsonville direct frem Italy in 1890
and settled in the first ward, where
he has resided continuously since.
He attended the public schools of
his native country, and after taking.
up his. residence here was a pupil
Of local private night schools for some
time. apid assin1iIat the.
methods and teach ingss Of his new
country, and in 1896 was naturaIized
as an American citizen. After work
ing for a time as a carpenter, he
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
District Court in Session.

District court convened Tuesday
forenoon, with Judge Charles T..
Workman on the bench, and trans
acted the following business Eva
Wright ct ais VS.. Picard & Gels
mar Limited, exception of no cause
OF action oEerruled; Mrs. Susie Hall
VS.. Adolph Stewart, plaintiff granted
absolute divorce; Miles Planting and
Manufacturing Co., Ltd, VS.. Felix
oubre, judgment for plaintiffs by de-
fault in sum of $761.95, with legal in
terest from judicial demand; Miles
Planting and Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd, VS.. William Oubre. judgment
for plaintiffs by default in sum of
S727.6S, with 8 per cent interest from
Dec. 81, 1911; P. L. Carmouche VS..
John P. Foreha, continued to May 20;
Millie Lloyd Hayes VS.. Henry C.
Braud, continued to May 81; Joseph
Guarlno VS.. Adam Torrance, continued
to May 22;;## Mary A. Hardenston VS..
Dan. Brown, plaintiff granted abso-
lutte divorce; G. n. Frey VS.. F. J.
Leblanc, default entered; Eugene
Kahn vs.. D.. f. K. Leblanc, Judgment
for plaintiff for s11743, with 8 per
cent interest from June i, 1911; Dr.
j. R. Fridge VS.. R. E. Walker, de-
fault entered Court adjourned until
May Ia, at 10 o'clock a. m
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10

sumed entire charge, being thus en-
gagged until 1900, when he came 10
Donaldsonville to accept the posi-
ton Of assistant cashier of the new
ly organized Peoples Bank. IN 1906
he was elected cashier of that insti-
tuition, which position he now holds.
He is a member Of the retiring com
mon council, having been elected from
the first ward in 1911, and has serv-
ed with marked ability on the finance
committee OF that body. Mr.. Le-
Blanc married Miss Heda Maurin Of
this city in 1905, and is the father
OF three lovely children. His pop
ularity is attested by the large vote
given him in the recent Democratic
primary, resulting in his nomination
for commissioner of finance by a
majority Of 1D2 id d total poll Of
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
A CARD.
To Sugar and Rice Planters, Saw
mill Owners and Steamboa tmen.

The Ascension Machine Works,
formerly operated by Capt. Joseph
Constantin, and since Jan. IA last
by Hartrampf & Leblanc, has been
leased by the undersigned, who will
hereafter conduct the establishment
solely for his own account. The
name has been changed to Peoples
Machine Works, and the mechanical
equipment, (already first-class in
every respect, has been overhauled
and improved, giving the shop ex-
ceptional facilities for all kinds of re-
pair work, no matter how extensive.
A force of skilled mechanics will be
employed throughout the year, and
all orders viii receive prompt and
careful attention. Entire satisfaction
guaranteed, both as regards quality
of work and schedule of prices. The
patronage of sugar and rice planters,
saWmill owners and steamboatmen
is especially solicited. Phone No. T.
CLARENCE LEBLANC.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
FRANK MII1ANO

branched put for himself as a CON
tractor an builder Having become
very prof Hient III the line OF wood
WORKING, Ne was offered a desirable
position patternmaker at local
loanafy afSd machine works, and has
heId ttlls ssItuation for a number of
years: was married in 1888 to
MISS MARIA Variant of this city, and
the unlo3los osWas blessed with seven
chlldre1Ath&S boys and a little girl.
VI esunseanFs as;aF a member OF the pras-
nffeheir ranncil, having. been elect
ed that tthA first ward in 1909, and
az "a ~ He is a splendid type
Of whom lis foster country ... ! and 1issthe the
community in which he lives can
well feel aroud.
Each oaa the commissioners is
young niiaoS, successful in his bust
ness affaprs and possessing the
highest .aateem and confidence Of
his felloqfeitizens. It is wholly safe
to ASSUMING a that under the direction
aid management IAN Of gentlemen. such
as these saonaldsonyiile il. going is
have cNan, efficient and capable
administration of its municipal gov
efnment.
a tract Of Land in the fifth ward.
about four miles above DarroW. mea-
suFing nine. afpaIits front on the riy-
.er and containing approximately for
fG or 10. =
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
Serious Accident Narrowly Averted.

Serious Accident Narrowly Averted.
The Monongahela River Consoli-
dated Coal and Coke Company's
stern wheeled, steel-hulled toWboat
Sprague the most powerful vessel of
its kind in the world, while en- route
from New Orleans to Louisville, KY, !,
with tow of thirty empty coal
barges and two barges loaded with
pine logs in the rough, was caught
in the sudden Wind-storm which
swept over this section shortly after
2:30 O'Clock Monday afternoon, and
was driven inshore at point op-
posite the dividing line between the
Evan Hall and McManor plantations
on the west bank Of the river, four
miles above Donaldsonville Two
large cottonwood trees growing on
the batture about 100 feet off shore
prevented the tow from ramming the
levee and possibly crashing through
the embankment. One of the trees
was driven halfway through one of
the barges containing the pine logs,
cutting into it as cleanly as though
it had been slashed by a huge knife.
The barge sank in this position, with
the tree standing upright in the midst
o. the logs which had been piled up
at the end of the. barge where the
tree was driven into it. No other
part of the tow having suffered any
damage, the sunken barge was cut
out and the Sprague proceeded on
her way up the river, after the
storm had subsidized.
The levee at the point where the
accident occurred projects about six
feet above the level of the water
at the present stage, and had the
trees On the batture not acted as
an obstruction to the big toWboat
and it's immense tow in their sweep
toward the bank, the levee might
have been struck and swept away,
causing a fearful creyasse.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
Wants Plans Made to Guard Against
Overflow of Cancienne Canal.

A special meeting of the executive
committee of the joint organization Of
the Lafourche and Atchafalaya levee
Wednesday, but owing to the non-ar-
rival of the members representing
the Atchafalaya board the conference
was indefinitely postponed The
asbentees started from Plaquemine
for this city in an automobile, but
ran into a heavy rain on the way
and were compelled to abandon the
trip. President 3. G. SWartz, Commis-
sioners f. B. Lemann and Robert C..
Martin, Jr., and Secretary w. J. Nc
Cune of the Lafourche board were
in attendance.
The meeting had been called at the
request Of Commissioner Martin, Of
Assumption. who wished the commit
tee to adopt some policy to be fol
lowed in the event that back water
from the Atchafalaya river creyasse
should flow into Lake Verret and
thence into Cancienne Canal in such
quantities as to inundate property
contiguous to the latter stream 1t
will be remembered that this occurr-
ed last year, following the Torras
crevasse, and that it became neces-
sary to construct a dam in Can
scienne Canal to keep out the ere
vase water Considerable ill-feeTng5
resulted the matter finally found
its way into the courts. It was to
avoid repetition Of this trouble
that Commissioner Martin wished
the executive committee of the joint
organization Of the 1evee boards to
meet and decide upon a course of
action,
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
Flood Crisis Passed.

With the river remaining practical
III stationary at this point for the.
Ilast several days, The flood situa-
ton continues to improve and con
fidenee is. felt that the crisis has
been safely passed. After declining
from 1915 to % feet, the big stream
again rose during the early part of
the current week, due to the return
OF the water from the Lake st.
John crevasse, but there has been
no change in the gauge reading for
some days and it has become ap-
parent the crest. of the fIood will
not attain the high level heretofore
predicted. The government weather
bureau now forecasts a stage of 33 5
feet at Donaldsonville between May
l5 and 20, whereas tha original pre-
dietion was for SAT to sASansseet, pre-
dleated, OF course, upon all the le-
wees holding. For the past few
days the gauge has read 327 feet,
which is the highest mark recorded
during the present freshet, and ex-
perienced river men express the
opinion that the maximum stage
reached by the water will not be more
than two or three inches above this
level, if, indeed, any further rise
is registered.
The supply Of steel sheet piling
for the Bayou Lafourehe dam having
given out, q shipment OF Wakefield
wood gins was Offered and ar
rived here Monday morning On the
steamer Menge. This piling is two
inches thick by twelve inches wide,
with metal shoes on the ends, and
three pieces were spiked together in
such a manner as to form a single
timber six by twelve inches, with
tongue and groove. The steel sheet
piling was driven across the front OF
the dam for a distance of approxi-
mately 325 feet, and the remaining
distance of % or 80 feet at the Port
Barrow end of the big dixie was fin
ished with the wood piling.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
Red Men Boards Organic

Important meetings Of The Hg,
OF Organizers and the WidoHs 4
Orphans Board of the Improgedl d
der. of Red Men, reservation of II
isiana, We're held here SUNDAY I'M
noon. The Widows and rphas,
Board organized by eleeting The ii
lowing officers Chairman
Gianel1oni. OF Napoleonyille Nc.
itary, George A. TreadWeIl, 81 N
Orleans. Thos. j. Doherty III
5odaux, the third member d
board, was also present. als
close of 1912 the care of widow
and orphans of Red Men IL
Fided for by the Great
nited States
sessi q u; bod
el1asgsated to the respective
serFations. The local tribe,
No. 33, 8 now has four little ofgghhssll
under it's care, and application d
assistance from three more are peal
ing. t=zHs5sss1
The Board CT Organizers eonski
of DR.. H ]. Feltus, of Baton Roalsslls.
Paul Gise1ard. Of DonaldsonFille. ii
George A. TreadWe1I, of New
leans, the latter being secretaF L
the members We're present aalt#s
of much Importance to the wolf
ing and future dVaneement efslig
order in this state were discuss
and acted upon. The selection
an organizer of tribes will be taas
Up later.
The following state Offices I
tended the meeting Of
boards: Great Saehen Peter BisE
sma, of Napoleonville; Great IanAa
Sycamore Elrie Robinson, q d
FrancisVille;; Great Representa-
Louis N. Boston, OF DonaldsoaFllt1
Great Prophet Francis L, KnoaQssss
of Thibodaux; Great Chief ofsaHI
ords George A. TreadWell. of ~
Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
SENATOR THORNTON's POWER
FTTI, PLEA FOR SUGAR.

Senator Thornton of Louisiana is
sued statement at Washington
last Wednesday that constitutes an
effective exposure Of the fallacy and
injustice of the sugar schedule i'll
the Underwood tariff bill and a pow
erful plea for justice to the coun-
try's sugar Industry.
The senator said: 'I am in
thorough accord with the view ex=
pressed by President Wilson that a
tariff bill should be SO framed as
to encourage competition and pre-
vent monopoly.
But the pending tariff bill, inso-
far as it concerns sugar, will have
just the opposite effect. The pro-
vision for free sugar, without doubt,
will put the entire control of the su-
gar Industry Of the United States in
the hands Of the big refiners. At
the present time they are meeting
with very effective competition from
the domestic sugar industry. It's eff
feet has been, and now is, to cheap
en- the cost of sugar to the con
sumer.
The admissions OF the refiners
fops41aY5 fore greszionai zSa@sson Commit at
tees show. that Tor several years they
have been annoyed and embarrassed
by the rapid growth of this competi-
ton, which cuts into the profits
from the operation OF their re-
fineries for several, months Of each
year. They have declared that with
out any tariff they have nothing to
fear from the competition of foreign
refiners. They are seeking the re-
noVal Of the tariff in order to de-
stroy the domes tic sugar industry
and to remove the only competi-
ton from which they have anything
TO fear.
This would leave the sugar sup
ply of the American people entirely
in the hands Of thsa cane refining
industry, practically all of which, ac-
cording to the facts brought out by
the special committee on the investi-
cation Of the America II Sugar Rein
ing Company and otl lers, ommonly
known as the HardN5ick committee,
is controlled by four concerns. With
the removal Of the competition now
afforded by the domestic industry
these dominant re fin.ers would con-
troll the market a: Id they could put
up prices at will as soon as the
domestic industry was annihilated.
There is not the slightest DOUBT
that such a course would be Tor,
lowed. Conditions in the sugar in
dustry are rad lcal1y different from
those obtaining in some other in
dustries.
while it is true the reduction or
removal of the tariff duty may pro-
mote competition in industries which
secure their raw material within
the country, lit can have no effect
upon trust or combination which
imports its raw material except to
make it's dom. nance easier and more
completes
In view Of this situation it is
easy to see that free sugar will re
suit only I'M the destruet ton Of com
petition and ttlh opening Of the way
| to the sssfz b1is ID 81 lt OF . abIrden-
some and oppressive monopoly, able
to impose It's will upon the public
/. and to exact higher prices from the
j5.consalael' -
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
A WICKED POLICY.

One of the most concise and caus-
tic criticisms of the pending propo-
sition to reduce and finally remove
the tariff on imported sugars that
has fallen under our observation was
uttered recently by H. Rieman Du-
val, president Of the American Beet
Sugar Company.
s Commenting on the sugar schedule
IN the Underwood tariff bill, Mr.
Duval is quoted as giving utteraTeses
to the following language:
The proposal for free sugar is
positively wicked, for it hands over
home interests to those outside Of
the country. While it might mean
Slightly lower prices to the consu-
mer, for possibly three years, af-
ter that the beet sugar interests Of
the country would have been de-
stfoyed. Then with sugar production
in their hands, the importing refi-
neries would be in control of the
price
On being told a few months be-
before his death that a new cane re-
finery was to be erected III PhiladeI-
phia, the late O. Fl. Havemeyer said
he did not care how many refineries
We're built, because, with the in
crease Of beet sugar production, all
the cane refineries would be junk in
ten years. And that is about the
situation. It is the Cuban cane re-
flneries against domestic production
Kill the domestic, and the import
ed cane will reign. Continue to sup
port the domestic, and in few years
1t will supply the country's demands
more cheaply than the imported can
continue to- do. .
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10
COMMISSION COUNCIL.
Popular and Progressive Young citi-
gems Chosen to Constitute ofFi-
ciaI Body Which Will Admins
ter New System of Government.

Having Joined the ranks Of pro-
gressive Louisiana cities which have
adopted the commission form of
government, Donaldsonyille has elect
ed three Of its most prominent, en-
terprising and public-spirited citizens
to constitute the official body which
will direct the affairs of the munich
pality for the ensuing four years I'M
der the new system Of governmental
administration.
Walter Lemann, commissioner Of
public health and safety, ex-officio
mayor, is one of the most success
full and popular Of the community S
younger citizens, and although not
a native son, has resided here Drac-
tically all his life and is SO closely
identified with the city's development
and progress that he is claimed as
a tDonaldsonviile boy, Mr. Lemann
was born in New Orleans in 1879,
and graduated from Tulane uniVer-
sity in 1897. He entered Harvard Col
lege as Junior. and after one years
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10

+ M. L. Wilson, agricultul'ist Of the
Oak Grove high school at Hope Vii
la, reports that an amateur enter
tainment for the benefit Of that in
stitution netted about $40, which was
used to pay off the debt and begin
making needed improvements to the
schooks building. NJ. Wilson writes:
"Duril J the past Week the sales on
the farm amounted to about 500.
This money came from hogs and
cabbage. We intend to demonstrate
to the farmers that it pays 10 have
eetne}Ring to sell ali the time, for
it helps to keep the big bills down.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-10

An interesting special meeting Of
the parish school board was held
at the courthouse Wednesday. OW-
ing to the length of the official
minutes, they are omitted from this
issue, but win appear in full next
Saturday