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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
WILFUL WASTE OF GAS.
Conservation Is Suggested as
Medium But

Every now and then there is
Haunted in bold type the necessity
of conserving the gas supply OF the
Caddo territory and some narrowing
details are given over the wilfu
waste of gas.
The subject of the wilful waste O.
gas has been worn to frazzles by th'
Caucasian, and it would seem sense,
less to waste time and space in the
reiteratiOn of a condition which is
within the scope of the COnserva-
ton Commission.
This is somewhat on the order O.
the story of the gathering of the
rats in council who is to bell the
cat"
Is there no law to compel th'
closing of these wild wells?
OF what practical use is this Con
servation Commission if it be with.
out authority to act or has no funds
with which to secure the closing OF
these wild gas wells?
Who is responsible or accountable
for this waste of gas.
It is three years since this flow 0
gas has been in progress, and tn
reasonable query is: How long will
this waste of gas be permitted?
| Natural gas comes easy, but wei
never miss the gas till the we'll
| run dry.
| It will then be too late.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
New Bill on Cotton Futures.

The Picayune special from Wash
ington, June II, says standardized
ton of upland and gulf cotton and
rigid prosecution of gambling in
cotton futures will be emboaied in
a bill to be drafted by sub-com
mittce of the Senate Agricultural
Committee. The measure will be
modelled along lines included in a
similar bill recently introduced by
Senator Smith of South Carolina.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
Aged Man browns i'm NOnroe's Salt
Pool.

Monroe, La, June f7.-John Stev-
ems, - years Old, was drowned in
the salt water natatorium I'D 5
o'clock this afternoon while bath
ing. His body was taken out soon
after the accident, but physicians
were unable to resuscitate him. Mr..
Stevens had been a resident of Mon-
roe for many years. This is the first
fatal accident that has occurred at
the natatOrium.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
Cotton Region Bulletin.

By the u. S. Weather Bureau:
Precipitation has been generally un-
important over the cotton belt, ex-
cept widely scattered light showers
iii few eastern sections and scat
Tered light to heavy showers in
Texas and Oklahoma. Scasonable
or moderate temperatures have pre-
vailed, except above normal in sew
eral middle sections.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
Complaint by the Health Officer.

\ complaint against Commissioner
Epplc has been filed by DR.. Chan
dlcr, health officer. This complaint
Is based on the reports of citizens
in West Shreveport, residents on
Luchlni street, arising from street
sWecpings which are said to be n
nuisance and which it is claimed
should be removed by the city.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
Weeds and Grass,

Notice has been given that weeds
and grass on all property and side
walks must be cut, in default OF
which fines will be imposed, on trial
in the City Court. The order has
been given officially by Commits
sioner Epple. Better obey the order
at once and avoid trouble.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
REOUISITION HONOitILD.
Governor Brewer of Mississippi Al
ter Hearing Arguments OF the At
tOrneys in the Dunbar Case DE
cideS to Surrender Walters.

cideS to Surrender Walters.
1t is stated by the Times-Demo-
crat special from Jackson, Miss.
that Governor Brewer will honor
the requisitiOn for w. G.. Walters
who is wanted at Opelousas, La, on
charge of kidnapping Robert Dun
bar.
This announcement was made by
the Governor after he had given Il
lengthy hearing to Dale & Rawl5 o.
Columbia, Miss, attorneys for Wal
terS. The Governor gave out the
following official statement through
Secretary Buck:
''ln passing upon this application
for requisitiOn | have done SO with
great care and caution, in view OF
the fact that this case present
many peculiar aspects. In the frs;
place, it presents a case where a
man is to be taken out OF the juris-
dictiOn of this State and remON ed
far from his witnesses and to be de
Iivered for trial in State where
they have no jurisdiction of his wit
nesSes and where their attendance
% testify for him can not be com
PEELED. | therefore refused to grant
This requisiitiOn hastily until | could
give the Louisiana authorities am
pie time to consider the question
well, and, as a practical man, know
ng the popular excitement that at
tends such matters all over the
country, and as there was some time
o elapse before the court would
convene where he was to be tried,
could see no harm that could come
to any one by reasonable delay.
There is a sharp conflict in the
facts, many good, reputable, ,disin-
crested witnesses in this State be-
ing willing to swear positively that
his man was in Mississippi, ana
hat this child is Bruce Anderson
and not Robert Dunbar, but this i
question of fact that | think
should be decided by the courts OF
Louisiana, and the courts of that
state, it may be presumed, will give
he man fair and impartial trial
II have sufficiently delayed thI;
natter to give time for the passions
)f the people to subside and for al
,arties to be heard, and believe that
this question is one that should bG
lecided by the courts and not by
me, and | therefore grant the re-
QUESTION.
"All the questions Of his guilt OF
innocence are matters of fact fol
the court or jury to decide, am
which | do not undertake to decide
For instance, it is contended by his
| counsel that he was not in the State
If Louisiana at the time of the com
| mission of the crime. This question:
do not beside, but simply hold that
all questions involved in it as to hi:
| guilt or innocence are questions fo!
| he court and not for the Governor
Messrs. Dale and Rawls announced
| Immediately after the Governor
statement was given out that they
would apply at once for writ OF
nabeas corpus for the release o
| Walters. The attorneys did not i'll
iicate the judge to whom they vii
apply for the writ, but it is sup
posed that they either will presen
heir case to the Circuit Court
which is now in session at COlum-
bia, or to the chancery judge of tn
district in which Columbia is stu
ated. Judge Weathersby is holdin;
Circuit Court at Columbia, and tn
application may be made to him.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
COlOred PcODle Jubiiating.

Hundreds of the colorcd people of
Shreveport are jublating today.
The celebration is over emancipa-
ton proclaimed by President Lin
coin. 1.-THE parade was creditable.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
Weather Forecast.

Local forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Unsettled tonight and Fri
day; not much change in tempera-
ture.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
River Forecast.

The change will be unimpOrtant
at Fulton and Shreveport during the
next 4S hours.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian
Shreveport, La, June i9, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-19

Shreveport Market.
The market closed quiet.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
POPE Plus X. SERIOUSLY ILL.
Suffers Relapse of Influenza and Re-
covery Difficult Because of Ad-
vanced Age Of Patient.

Rome, April 9.-Pope Plus X. has
suffered relapse and, as is usual in
relapses, his condition is considered
more grave than that occasioned by
his Illness of last month The present
attack began with a fainting spell
and Professor MarChiafava, the papal
physician, was summoned late Mon
day night. He visited the pontiff again
early yesterday morning and several
times yesterday.
The official statement given out at
the Vatican simply says:
"The pope is suffering from a re-
lapse of the influenza"
The truth is that the pope's relapse
is causing great anxiety, because it
was not expected, and for the further
reason that at his advanced age there
is the everpresent danger of his be-
ing unable to withstand the drain on
his strength.
Last night there we're rumors that
his holiness was unconscious, that the
situation is most serious and that a
catastrophe is possible at any minute.
Hourly injections of cocaine and
strychnine are used to sustain his
heart action.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
NEW INCOME TAX
STARTS AT $4,000
Elaborate Provision for Gradu-
ated Payment System in
New Tariff Bill.

Washington. d. C.-Tncludod in the
Democratic tariff revisi bill is an
income tax section, whi,l would re-
Quire every resident OF the United
states who earns more than $4,000
year to pay tax Of l per cent. on
his earnings in excess of the eXemp-
tion. This would not compel the man
who earns only $4,000 to pay a tax.
but it would demand that one who
earned $4,lOO, for example, pay into
the government treasury an annual
tax of per cent on 800, or 81.
The bill also would provide higher
rates of taxation for persons with
larger incomes. adding a surtax OF l
per cent. additional on earnings in eX-
cess OF 100000; per cent. additional
on earnings in excess OF $4,000, and 3
per cent. additional on earnings in ex.
cess OF 100000
How Surtax Would Be Imposed.
Under the surtaX provisions the man
who earns $4,000 would pay to the
government each year at the rate OF
per cent. on $1,000 ($4OO exempt, ,
or $l6O. II he earns $4,000 he would
pay / per cent on $4,000, and . per
cent. on $4,000, making his annual
tax $500. The person with a $4,000
income would pay | per cent. on sl6-
600 and per cent. on 10000 total
tax Of $500 The man with an income
OF 100000 would be required to pay
/ per cent. on $4,000, > per cent. on
100000, and per cent. on $4,000
which would be $1,000 bringing his
total income tax to 81 26O. Anyone
with a net income OF million
would pay this s22GO on his first
100000 and in addition he would pay
4 per cent, on 100000. which would
bring his total tax to t3S,26O.
This bill also would re-enaCt the
present corporation tax law, imposing
l per cent. tax on the earnings Of
corporations, stock companies, insur-
ance companies and the like. but It
would exempt partnerships. This is
a Hat tax, there being no graduated
scale as the earnings increase. The
few changes from the present corpo-
ration tax act, concern chiefly the time
Of making returns and the time for
collection
The bill includes under It's provi.
sions the property and earnings In this
country OF persons who live abroad
May Bring In sico,ooo 900.
II is estimated by members Of the
ways and means committee that ap,
proNimately slOO,OOO.OOO In revenue
may be derived from this new tax, in.
cluding the corporation tax. that
amount making up for the deficit IN
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
HOUSE CHAMBER PACKED WITH
DISTINGUISHED GATHERING
TO HEAR PRESIDENT.
MOVIE TAKES PICTURE
FILM OF HISTORIC EVENT WILL
BE PRESERVED IN ARCHIVES
OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

w NtS'eTh newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. - President Wilson
stood on the speakers rostrum in the
hall of the House and personally read
his first message to Congress, the
first President since John Adams to
exercise that privilege.
The renewal OF a custom of a cen.
tury abandoned and now surrounded
by such wide differences OF opinion
among members of Congress itself, at.
tracted to the capitol an assemblage
necessarily less in numbers but GER
tainly no less distinguished than the
company which attended the Presi-
dents Inauguration.
Galleries were packed with national
figures, Mrs. Wilson and her three
daughters, two women of the Cabinet
circle prominent among them.
The diplomatic gallery probably
contained a representative of every
nation with an envoy in the foreign
corps here.
President Wilson prefaced the read
lHS VI lIe IleSSdSe as lOllOWS:
81 am very glad indeed to have this
opportunity to address the two houses
directly and to verify for myself the
impression that the President of the
United States is a person, not a mere
department of the government, hailing
Congress from some isolated island of
Jealous power, sending messages, not
speaking naturally and with his own
voice; that he is a human being try
ing to cooperate with other human be-
ings in a common service. After this
pleasant experience, | shall feel quite
normal in all our dealings with one
another"
A moving picture machine was in
stalled to preserve a record of the his
toric event for the governments drch-
ives.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10

Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use Of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: I have
not changed my faith in your remedy
since the above statement was author
ized. Correspond with Rev. E. Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box a.
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All sent free.
Adv
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10

doctors and none of them could do more
than relieve me for time.
3" saw your advertisement in a pa
per and decided to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. l took
seven boxes of it and used two bottles
of the Sanative Wash, and / am COM
pletely cured Of my trouble. When
began taking the Compound l only
weighed ninety-six pounds and now I
weigh one hundred and twenty-six
pounds. If anyone wishes to address
me in person l will cheerfully answer
all letters, as | cannot speak too highly
of the Pinkham remedies. Miss JEs-
Sic MARSH, Adrian, Texas.
Hundreds Of such letters expressing
gratitude for the good Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has accom-
plished are constantly being received,
proving the reliability of this grand old
remedy.
IL you want special advice write to
Lydia Z. Plnkham Medicine Co. (confi.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held In strict confidence.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10

ditional charge, or license fee, or 9TH
erwise) upon printing paper. wood pulp
or wood for use in the manufacture OF
wood pulp, there shall be imposed
upon printing paper. when imported
either directly or indirectly from such
country dependency, province, or 9th
er subdivision OF government, an ad-
ditional duty equal to the amount of
such, country, dependency, province or
other subdivision OF government, upon
printing paper, wood pulp or wood for
use in the manufacture OF wood
pulp"
Writing paper, from cents pound
and Is per cent. ad yalorem to 25 per
cent.
Envelopes, from 90 to 10 per cent.
Books, from % per cent to Is per
cent
Photograph albums, from 35 per
cent. to 25 per cent.
Manufactures OF paper, from 35 to
25 per cent.
Sundries:
Straw hats. unblocked and un-
trimmed, 35 per cent. to 25 per
cent.
Brushes and feather busters. from
40 to 30 per cent.
Fireworks, from IL to 10 cents a
pound
Gunpowder valued at less than 20
cents pound. from cents to u
cent pound: valued over 20 cents
pound, from cents to / cent
pound
Furs, Hats. Gloves.
Furs, dressed on skin, from 20 to 80
per cent. partly manufactured furs.
from 80 to 40 per cent; furs for hat
ters' use, from 20 to Is per cent.
Hats, bonnets and hoods of felt,
taxed under the classification OF the
present law from 81 80 a dozen and 90
per cent ad yalorem to 81 dozen and
20 per cent, placed in the new bill at
40 per cent ad valorem.
Women's glace gloves. from s125 to
81 a dozen when not over IA inches in
length; an additional tax of % cents
a dozen for each inch in length over
IA inches.
Women's kid gloves, from 50 to 81
dozen. not over IA inches in length;
an additional % cent tax a dozen for
each inch over IA inches in length.
Cumulative duty on lined gloves,
cotton lined, from 81 to 25 cents
dozen; silk or wool lined, from 81 to
80 cents dozen; fur lined, from 81
to 81.
Musical instruments, from 45 to 50
per cent.
Photographs. from As to % per
cent.
Photographic plates, from 25 to Is
per cent
Moving picture films, from 25 to 20
per cent
Umbrellas and sun shades, from so
to 30 per cent.
The schedule carries a general pro
vision increasing the duty on manu-
factured articles not specifically pro-
vided for in the section from 10 to 90
per cent. Unmanufactured articles re
main at 10 per cent.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
TURKISH SOLDIERS DYING.
Montenegro Will Refuse to Yield Po
sition She Has Gained,

sition She Has Gained.
Berlin.-King Nicholas of Montene-
gro, answering a telegram addressed
to him by the National Zeitung, telc-
graphed as follows:
"We hold the profound conviction
that our cause is just before God and
man. SCutari was the ancient seat of
our Kings and it is Indispensable TO
our national development. Only brute
force of numbers can compel us to
give up this territory"
Hundreds OF Turkish soldiers who
survived the siege of Adrianople are
dying of exhaustion and disease.
The battle having ceased, death con-
tinues its work and is cruelty piling
up corpses The guns began. and the
cholera, dysentery and hunger-the
rear guard of war-are prolonging the
massacre.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
Knows He'a RIQht.

Does your husband ever tell you
you have poor taste?"
Frequently"
And what reply do you make to
him?"
81 think Of what l married and say
nothing"
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
Bridge TrestIe Reported Blown Tn

BufIaIO, \. Y April "a terrific
explosion was heard in the northern
part Of this city and at Tonawanda
at .; 30 O'Clock this morning. 1t is re-
ported that a trestle on the Niagara
Falls line Of the international Railway
Company, whose employees are on
strike. has been blown up.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
GIRL SUFFERED
TERRIBLY
At Regular Intervals-Says
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound COM
pletely cured her.
Adrian, Texas. s.-"I take pleasure in
adding my testimonial to the great list

and hope that it will
be of interest to suf-
fering women. For
four years | suffered
untold agonie 8 at
regular intervals.
S u ch pains s and
cramps, severe chills
andsicknessat at stom-
ach, then finally hem
orrhages un til 1
would be n e rly
blind. ! had five
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10

ing, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
tion across the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using S
-
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
Has the Earr1arks.

Guide-Tn front OF you is the ma.
tional capitol
Miss Gush-Ch isn't It angelic3
Mr Grouch-Angelic? Why. young
woman. how can you speak OF It as
being angelic2
Miss Gush-Well. It has wings,
hasn't it,
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
Explained,

He-Look at Blinks able to retire
from business. and l am still in har-
ness
She-Yes, but Blinks isn't mule.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
Women Try to Blow Up Castle.

Dudley, Eng.-Militant sufragettes
attempted to blow up the ruins Of his,
toric Dudley castle, parts Of which
date back to the eighth century.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
John :. Roe sueeeds G.arv

Denver.-John F. Roe was appoint.
ed deputy highway commissioner by
the board Of public works to succeed
William Geary, removed
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
A CLERGYMAN'S TESTIMONY,

The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig
ton. Pa. suffered from Dropsy for
year. His limbs and feet we're swol-
len and puffed. He had heart flutter-
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10

Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and nvigorate
stomach, liver and bowels Do not gripe. Adv
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10

An open confession may be good
for the soul. but it's apt to disfigure
reputation.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-Ease. the Antiseptic powder for
tired, aching, swollen nervous feet Gives
rest and comfort. Makes walking a delight
sold everywhere. 25c. Don't accept any sub
stitute For FREE sample address Allen s
Olmsted. LIE Roy. y. Y. ADV.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10

No. Cordelia, an ossified man isn't
necessarily hard to get acquainted
with
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-04-10

Many a man who weighs his words
uses crooked scales.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-09-05
"PRINCE or PEACE"
PRACTICALLY APPLIED

When Mr.. Bryan was going about
the country delivering his Prince OF
Peace" lecture TO admirlng throngs,
people were charmed with the lofty
and sublime utterances, the beautiful
dictlon, the eloquent periods ana the
exalted sentiment, but We were apt
to consider It a very fine addition to
the literature Of the age. More az
splendid theory than a practical SO
luton OF Modern activities.
In later years. and especially in
the matter OF dealing with conditions
I'm Mexico. we see Mr.. Bryan and
President Wilson seeking mnselfishly
TO apply the beautiful lessons OF that
superb lecture 10 the case iu hand. TO
bring about a peaceful settlement in
harmony with the principle of the
common Fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood OF man.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-09-05
ANNOUNCEMENT MUSIC
DEPARTMENT
Miss oxford VIII Open Music Studio
September 9Th.

Miss Ina oxford OF Stephenville.
director of Music in Snyder School
will open her music studio, Monday.
September Sth, at the home of Mrs.
Marvin Wood, near the central
school
Among her former instructors In
music. she numbers some of the most
noted of the state, including among
them those of Switzer's conserva-
tory in Dallas. She has had one years
experience in her line OF professional
work, such experience having been
gained as music director I'm the
Stephenyille High School, which po'
sition she filled with credit. She
comes with excellent recommends
tions for proficiency in teaching a
bility.
Music hours will conform 70 tho
program of work in the public
schools. She solicits the patronage OF
the people of Snyder and the sur
rounding country.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-09-05
Limit Rims This Week.

There have been encouraging
promises of rain almost every day for
a week. but the precipitation has
been light and partial A good rain
fell Sunday at Hermleigh and be-
tween Hermleigh and Dunn.
Light showers fell a few miles
west of Snyder. Sprinkle AT Ira. At
Snyder there have been up to We'd
nesday two or three light sprinkles.
Not enough to call a rain All count
ed the registration showed about
Observation-Disclosures ; an inch,
Rain may come yet before the equi-
noctial period passes.
Some farmers think a rain now
would do more harm than good, but
others think a good season would
cause the cotton bolls TO grow larger
and the advantage to grass and late
feed would more than make up for
the damage to the open cotton. Most
of us would like TO risk II.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-09-05

81 am the mother OF eighteen chill
dren and have the praise of doing
more work than any woman in my
town." writes Mrs G. j. Martin,
Boone Mil. Va. II suffered for five
years with stomach trouble and
could not eat as much as a biscuit
without suffering I have taken three
bottles of Chamberlain Tablets and
am now a wen woman and weigh l6S
pounds. / can eat anything ! want TO-
and as much as I want and feel bet
ter than ! have az any time In ten
years refer to any one In Boone
Mill or vicinity and they will vouch
for what say" Chamberlain Tab.
let's are for sale by all dealers 12-4t