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The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
A Tribute to President Wilson.

New Orleans tSates: The Hon. Job
Hedges, Republican candidate fol
Governor of New York last fail,
gave out an interview in Paris re-
Gently, saying that Woodrow Wilson
is the most adroit and powerful pol
ltician that has ever been in the
White House.
He has made his party party OF
affirmation, although it has always
been a party of negation and criti-
cism,' says Mr.. Hedges. He is en-
tire master. His domination is su-
preme. This is all the more remark
able in American history because it
is exclusively an Intellectual situa-
ton and a highly novel one. He be
came President without subscribing
to any proposition more specific
than virtue is better than vice. In
his speech he is like Lincoln. Con-
firmed Republican as | am, | would
rather see him succeed than fail
for he is a splendid American"
This tribute by a man Of opposite
political faith is tribute not only
to President Wilson's power of ap-
peal, but to the changed conditions
A few years ago a party man could
not have forced himself to so so far
in praising an opponent.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
The Waterworks Proposition.

It is assumed that within the next
two or three months the water
works proposition will be submitted
to the people for consideration. The
water problem has been in agitation
several years. The expiration Of the
contract with the WaterWorks Com
pany and the city will expire within
five years. There is being deter
mined by a committee of experts
the actual value of the waterworks
plant and it's sewerage system. The
citizens will be given the opportun-
ity to declare if the waterworks and
sewerage plant shall be acquired by
the city, and if the city shall own
and operate a municipal plant ire
spective Of the waterworks plant.
While keeping these issues in
mind there has been neglected an
all important, indeed a vital ques-
ton in which is involved the future
welfare Of this city.
Assuming that the proposal to buy
the waterworks and the proposal to
acquire an independent water plant
for the city were defeated, would not
the city then be placed at the mercy
Of the waterworks plant, whose
present exorbitant rates could be
maintained or enhanced?
It is against such a predicament
that the Caucasian would enlist the
attention and most serious consid-I
Grafton Of the City Commissioners.
Will they accept a suggestion from
the Caucasian?
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
STATE CONVENTION.
A Call from the Louisiana State
Suffrage Association.

The Caucasian has been requested
to give publication to the call OF the
Louisiana State Suffrage Assocla-
ton, to which it gives its approval
and cooperation:
New Orleans, Aug. IA call is
extended to all men and women OF
Louisiana who believe in the i'm
mortal principle of self-govern-
nent, which principle is the corner
stone of our American form OF gov
ernment, to assemble in convention
in New Orleans Nov. 10 and II, 1913.
Let us strive to make Louisiana
lead the Southern States in accord
ing full suffrage rights to her wom-
en-, and let us try to achieve through
State action the granting OF the in
evitable Votes for women" and not
wait until the force of public opln-
ion makes it mandatory through an
amendment to the Constitution of
the United States.
In this great forward movement
now so rapidly reaching its goal,
there is a sectional pride awakened
when it is learlied that the first vot-
ing privilege to women as human
beings and on democratic basis
was accorded by Southern State,
Kentucky in 1889 to widows with
school children" on school matters.
Let us therefore as Louisianlans
and Southerners assemble on the
dates herein mentioned and take
steps to bring the South in line in
this movement, which has assumed
world proportions, and not lag be-
hind all sections of the United
States, when the initial movement
was a Southern one.
Let US strive to adopt as our ideal
as we'll as our slogan the words OF
that constructive statesman and
Southerner, Thomas Jefferson, when
he wrote "a government is not yet
complete that withholds from its
most enlightened women what it
freely gives to its most benighted
men,
Signed: Kate NJ. Gordon. president
Of the Louisiana State Suffrage As
sociation; Florence Loeber, First
and Second Congressional districts;
Georgia Vordenbaumen, correspond
ing secretary Of the Fourth Con
gressional District; Mrs. j. M. Wes-
ton, Fifth Congressional District;
Mrs. Frank Shuts, Seventh Con-
gressional District; Mrs. VIM. Polk,
Eighth Congressional District.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
D1GGs GUILTY.
Convicted on Four Counts Of the Six
in the Indictment-The Defend
ants Reliance Was on His De-
praVity and LicentiOuSneSS.

The conviction Of Maury |. Dlggs,
tried by jury in the Federal Court
at San Francisco, Cal, is responsive
to the evidence and to the law, the
Mann act, which makes it felony
to transport women from one State
to another for immoral purposes.
Diggs is a married man, his wife
and several children living. He was
the State architect of California for
several years. His victim is Miss
Marsha Warrington. His crime was
deliberate. He had for associate
Drew Caminetti, married man
with wife and children, and the son
OF an honored father, occupying a
prominent position in the Immigra-
ton Department of the United
States Government.
The two schemed to debauch two
young women attending school at
Sacramento. When they skipped to
Reno, New, Miss Lola Norris became
the mate OF Caminetti At Reno they
occupied a bugalow several days.
The women were persuaded 10
elope on promise Of marriage, as
they alleged, but it is scarcely be-
lievable that they were SO unsophis-
ticated as to be SO easily mlsled.
However, this is not the question,
but one of the remarkable features
Of the trial is that the parents OF
these women debauched sat in the
court room and heard developed the
shame of their daughters. Such a
proceeding would not be a part OF
the record in Louisiana, nor Woula
there have been a trial Of the crlm-
inals in Louisiana or in any State 81
the South. The penalty would have
been meted out long ago and no jury
would have convicted the parents
for avenging summarily such das-
tardly crime Of lecherous debauch-
ers and wreckers of virtuous Wom-
en-, but California is not Louisiana
and other States of the South where
the penalty for such a CRIME IS
death.
The case of Caminetti will follow,
and as the evidence is as in the
Diggs trial, he too will be held
guilty. the penalty for which is five
years in the penitentiary.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
Evelyn Nesbitt and Harry ThaW.

Monroe News Star: Of course Ev-
elyn Nesbitt sinned. In the eyes OF
the law Harry Thaw sinned when he
took the life of Stanford White. But
If only the sinless threw stones
there would be mighty few stones
thrown; fewer bruised and broken
regulations in an erring but not all
wicked world. How true this is hu-
manity knows. The sweet blossoms
of charity shine whittier upon the
bowed head of the penitent living
than upon the bleaching bones OF
the easily-forgotten dead. It is no
bier to send out the life-boat to one
soul that has slipped its moorlngs
Ia tempestuous seas than to fill the
prisons of justice with convicted
men and Wocen, or to convoy fleet
of selfish ambitions to triumphant
port. Evelyn Nesbitt sinned against
heaven. She. sinned against society
and was-found out! A sin Of pas
sion, the subtlest and the sweetest
that the devil in all his rare OLD
pharmacy has mixed for mortais.
swept her from the standard Of high
ideals, and all but wrecked her life
upon the rocks of outraged society.
Harry ThaW, the scion Of an hon
ored family, offered her his name
and she became his wife and was
received by the devoted and proud
mother Of this young man. The
friend who first plotted her ruin,
not satisfied, pursued her, and me-
the death which most men say was
just. Thaw has been in prison since
1903, and we think has suffered
more than enough for his deed
With thousands of others we hope
he will be given his freedom, ant
that he will be allowed to return to
his home in peace.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
.PrODOsition Defeated.

From the returns received by S.
N. Kerley, clerk of the District
Court, the proposition to vote bonds
for a waterworks plant at Vivian
was DEBATED by four votes. The cleo
ton was held Tuesday. o
There wer 81 votes and S1O8,075
for, and 50 votes and S58,0t5 against.
The proposition if submitted al
another election may be successful.
Tt may be regretted that Vivian
has failed in this enterprise. A good
water supply is one of the greatest
needs Of a growing community.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
Issue Of Bonds Favored.

An election was held III Alexan-
dria, La, on Monday to take the
sense of the property taxpayers on
the subject of issuing $4,000 of 5
per cent Improvement bonds to run
for forty years, the funds derived
from the sale of bonds to be used
for extension and Improvement of
the waterworks, sewer system, paw
ing and drainage. There We're only
two votes cast against the issue with
a valuation of ST, 400. There were i02
votes cast for the issue, with a val
uation of $21 ,349. AS ther was lii
tie opposition the vote was light.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
Bankruptcy Notice.

No. 956 In Rankruptcy-1n the Uni
ted States District Court in and
for Western District of Louis
lana, Shreveport Division. In the
Matter of John Arthur, Bank
rupt. Petition for Discharge.
To the Honorable Aleck Boarman,
Judge Of the District Court of the
United States for the Western Dis
:rict Of Louisiana: John Arthur, OF
Shreveport, in the Parish of GaGdo
end State of Louisiana, in said dis
trict, respectfully represents that
on the goth day of June 1913, last
past, he was duly adjudged bank
rupt under the Acts Of Congress re-
lating to bankruptcy; that he has
duly surrendered all his property
and rights Of property, and has
fully complied with all the require
1nents of said acts and of the orders
of the court touching his bank
ruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may
be decreed by the court to have a
full discharge from all debts prov
able against his estate under said
bankrupt acts, except such debts as
are= excepted by law from such dis
charge. Dated this 5th day of August
AID. 1913. JOHN ARTHUR.
Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
Western District Of Louisiana: On
this 10Th day Of August A. D. 1918,
on reading the foregoing petition, il
is ordered by the court that hear
ing be had upon the same on tue
goth day Of September A. D. 1913
before Hon. A. D. Land Jr., Referee
and Special Master, at Shreveport
La, in said district, at II o'clock in
the forenoon; and that notice there
Of be published in Shreveport Cau-
casian, a newspaper printed in said
district, and that all known credit
ors and other persons in interest
may appear at the said time ane
place and show cause, if any the,
have, why the prayer of the said Pc
toner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered by thu
court that the clerk shall send by
mail to all known creditors copie:
Of said petition and this order, ad.
dressed to them at their places O
residence as stated.
Witness the Hon. Aleck Boarman
judge Of the said court, and the sea
!, thereof, at Shreveport, in said dis
Itrict. on the 10Th day of August A
! D. 1913. Attest:
| LEROY B. GULOTTA,
Caucasian, Aug.21. 1918. CLERK
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
A Formal Statement.

In announcing their intention TO
vote against free wool, Senators
Ransdell and Thornton have issued
a formal statement. In explanation
Senator Ransdell declared he takes
exactly the position on free wool
held by Senator Thornton. Senator
Ransdell declared he is aginst free
wool in the interest Of the American
farmer and sheep raiser. Free wool,
he declared, will reduce the profits
of the farmers and sheep growers.
IT will not give the consumer any
cheaper clothing, he asesr.ed.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
Alexandria Fair.

AT meeting of the Alexandria
Matinee Club Wednesday night it
was decided to holdothe annual fall
fair Oct. to II. The following COM
mittee on arrangements was ap-
pointed: Sid Harris, Taylor Comp
ton, William Polk, A. Welterllsark,
L. Rubenstein, f. @. Hunter, S. b.
Staples, J. H. Barnett, d. P. Hol-
comb, H. R. Easterbrook and ]. r..
Senseny.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
State Board OF Education.

Guardian Journal: The State
Board of Education met last week
to consider the, adoption Of text
books for the public schools. Hap
PLY there were no changes of any
consequence, the same books, except
some work on physics, are to be
used. This is the first time in a
number of years that the board has
not changed the text books to the
prejudice of the children mad par
ents.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
Cotton Reaion Bulletin.

Scattered light to heavy showers
have occurred in the Carolinas, and
light or moderate showers have oc-
CURED here and there over small
areas in several other parts of the
cotton belt Maximum temperatures
ranged from an average of 50 de-
grees over the Wilmington district
to an average iO2 degrees over the
Oklahoma district.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
Tax Notice.

To James L. Manning: You are
hereby notified that at tax sale for
unpaid State and parish taxes for
the year 1912 I purchased the fol
lowing property assessed in the
name of James L. Manning: Lot 20,
block i2, Allendale Heights. Sale 14th
day of June 1913, to E. w. Jones, re-
corded in conveyance book SO, page
II. Done and passed 2tst day of June
1913. Taxes, interest and cost 5000.
Filed July 8, 1913. E. w. JONES,
Caucasian, August 2i, 1918.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
Ransdell and Thornton.

AS announced from Washington,
Senators Ransdell and Thornton
will vote with the Republicans
against free wool. To all intents
and purposes the senators from
Louisiana may as we}l be listed as
Republicans liveried as Democrats.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
John Ewing Minister to Honduras.

In telegram from Washington
there was conveyed yesterday after
noon the appointment of John EW-
ing of New Orleans to me minister
% Honduras. This appointment is
endorsed by Senators Ransdell mad
Thornton. 1t is not solicited but is
complimentary. Mr.. Ewing is thor
oughly familiar with customs
through his long service as chiet
deputy in the Mobile. Ala, custom
house. He is brother of Robert
Ewing Of New Orleans.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21

Selling Liquor Without License.
On information filed by District
Attorney Mabry, Bert Bagley has
been arrested charged with selling
liquor without a license. He was
released on bond.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
Weather Forecast.

Local forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Unsettled tonight and Fri
day; not much change in tempera-
ture.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
River Stage.

Arthur City 81; White Cliffs i.o;
Ringo Crossing 90; Finley 0.4, fall Of
02:: Spring Bank t).2, fall Of OIL,
IJefferson O.3, fall Of o.; Shreye-
port 8.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
COTTON MARKET

Office Of The Caucasian.
Shreveport, La, Aug. q, 1913.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-13
4 REAL PEACE CELEBRATION

The English speaking people the world will celebrate the
peace political divisions peace
worthy marked which will make
world urdcncd with the distress The peace which
the basis po,sbhat blood kinslip similar
political institutions, like language social ideals and respect
liateshls will
the Anglo by the American revolution artificial
separation wholly political The tendency
under present conditions, TO GROW closer together
The advocates point The friendly feeling winch
example of could through
This rank presumption American histories lay small
the that American independence largely through the help
the bulk British citizens who resisting King
period and for the Washngtons referred
the floor of the House British
army and the colosts hoy
patriotic stimona
which by Engshmen both sides of the Atlantic
The difficulties and prcudcr which ignorance
These gradually
however and the English speaking people stand unit undivided the
compelling peace
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-13
ADVERTISING RATES
TUESDAY, MAY -, 1913
SOBS FROM FL. PASO

The Fl Paso press wishes why trading point
road by the "Od Trails
the rump held Kansas City The bunch
pao" whatever that which packed the Kansas City
meeting the New Mexico Roads
convention Albuquerque and undertook have that body
Sprgc thooughare which
rxpcnd Like old Kearey Donphan Buccd
trails the thing prcposterous.
travel miles through the wlds Valencia and Mckinley
Counties only occasional sheep hcr the Gallup aud
Albuquerque enthusiasts proposed the absudy Mcdonald
placed the qeu> the by advocating the immediate completion
Real Fl by This highway, directly
the rich and pouou, Rio Grande Valley will enualy check
.cny country Albuquerque
will lead the flood travel through Demng
3orderand the the State good condition open
the year round
Fl fear single through the
o-calcd National Old Trails
has "une comfortable just how the bill pending
hcfoe asking aid in the building of the highway be- amended
quietly by eliminating the specified of the Southern New
Mexico and hard The association will
anything shown by To lift the old trails
them where only goats have before
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-13
\ LITTLE SUDDEN

While the Graphic i, thoroughly
ont Of sympathy with any ideas cx
pressed by Secretary Bryan on the
subject of foreign relations it seems
that the Albuquerque Journal edi
torial in which he i, declared Il mi,
Ill ~ Secretary of State j. n little
sudden. Considering the fact that
h" has had the portfolio less than
two months ii would seem that the
ease had been decided in advance of
the evidence.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-13

ERM'N0TES

Timothy hay is poor milk plv
Queer
Short pasturing to save feed ID not
economy
Are the apple trees safe against rab
BIT or mice girdling?
1t Is poor management 10 neglect
the colt after weaving.
Rejected wheat turned into pork oG
beef brings top.grade price
IN excellent plan for storing celery
for winter use Is to place II IN pits
The open front henhouse Is gaining
IN popularity wherever introduced
Many Of the modern stables are sU
constructed as to save very much II
not hll. Of the liquids
Denmark BY law forbids the sale Or
expectation Of butter containing more
than IL per cent water
beware Of buying corn In the field
Usually II deceiyes one from five To
fifteen bushels per acre
Just after the COW rreshens she
should have the same feeds she has
been given previous to calying.
he corn shock that falls down or
twists around until Il IL practically
down soon spells In wet weather.
Hens must have lean meat and bone
or they must have skim milk and grit
III winter or they cannot make eggs
II YOU intend to allow that second
crop VI clover to be plowed under. |,
viii not hurt to pasture Il from this
on.
Young chicks seemingly never d.
so well as when they have free range
on the grass aud are fed a variety Of
food
Handling the colts legs while II IL
young lessons the danger OF kicking
and makes lts first shoelng more eas'
lily accomplished.
u any OF the chickens are roostiny
around IN trees or on the fences
'shoo" them of and make them roost
where they belong.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-13
WISE SELEC TION

The selection of Ralph T.. Twilchcll
OF Las Vegas as president of the
New Mexico Good Rond~ Association
and Francis T.. Lester of Dona Ana
County H. general vicc-presideni
places those persons at the head of
the good roads movement ia New
Mexico, having the greatest interest
in it.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-13
NEW MARKETING IDEA

In editorial which recently appeared the Fl paoo
stated that the farmers of Texas will pack hampers vegetables
which will be- shipped direct Chicago
than the produce retail, for in that city
through distributing stations Chicago and Kansas City
To he
sales made through the commission houses
This experiment suggests something farmers who
will produce
noganizcd Every easily
disposed proper steps assure
of The jewellers in
glad indeed have the opportunity buying direct producers
possible that sold delivered parcel
post.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-13

editor doesn't set himself up TO be
Beau Brummel but believes that
he makes quite as respectable an APP
pearance before the citizens as the
minister of the Gospel who honestly
believed he was away ahead of the
game when he purchased the S2j
suit. The whole idea is an halluci-
nation which many well meaning
persons have acquired. They are
convinced that mail order articles
are cheaper and are satisfied 10 let
il 90 NJ that. II is an ohsession
which is warping the minds of The
buyers and sapping the business and
social life of the community.
In the ease of the minister lie
might have saved $40 which could
have been devoted to the cause of the
church and The local charities to
which Deming business men contrib.
ute 50 literally, Or he might have
aided in the publicity work which ha,
drawn enough communicates of his
church to Deming Ia make the min
listers support certain. lie could
have kept the money from the peck
els of the men who believe that ~ 90
II week Is enough 10 keep the human
soul III Chicago and who unhesiat-
ingly com the virtue of little girls
into good round dollars. Think cit
lzenS. of the city and valley before
y"u spend your money tn build up
other communities
II Is true. of course, that W. have
among Ms those who still cherish the
old idea that anything is good enough
for persons foolish enough to live
ont on the desert and that The,
should he pcnalizcd because of infer
lor mentality. The boostcrS. mcmd.
M the newspapers. have ruined the
country, they assert. The easy prof
H. Of The old regime have passed
away. and the up-to- the minute mrr-
chants alone are prospecting. They
ar" not afraid 10 compare prices with
til" mail order houses and they place
quotations IN large figures before the
citizens of The city and valley twice
every week. Gradually the bulk of
the business is going into the hands
of the widr-awake mcrchandisers.
II the buyers fail to support them
III their efforts they are not alive
10 their own Interests and are singu-
larry lacking IN public spirit.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-13
A LITTLE LAY SERMON

paid s2 for this Clothes which purchased
large house, said minister Dening the editor
Saturday q" would have had least $50 }j
the same here he declared Would he!
AT time the conversation took place the editor
which of
stores freely of the Graphic The
minister was asked what the editors could moi say
and when told the indeed reasonable The
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-11
FOLEY DROVE HEARSE,
BLOCKING ALL TRAFFIC

At a decorous and funereal pace,
Edward Foley, of 10 Essex street,
drove hearse down Central avenue
from Second street to Hudson.
The only fault anyone could find
with him was that he drove it
squarely along the east-bound car
tracks. while the motorman, conduc-
tor and passengers of a following
trolley car said things that would
not sound well at a funeral.
AT least the police said he did, and
he was paroled in the custody of
his employer, William F. Mullin. Of
Lafayette street, today for trial in
the Second Precinct Police Court on
Friday morning.
According to the car crew, Foley
and his hearse, returning from a
funeral turned into the track in front
of them at Second street. BY the time
the car had crawled as far as Norfolk
street, the passengers abandoned it
Some did so because they wanted to
get down town before evening and
the others because what they wanted
to say would not sound well in con-
fined place.
To the accompaniment of the clang-
ing bell of the car, the hearse and its
trailer moved slowly down to Hudson
street, where Detectives, who had fol.
lowed in another car. arrested Foley