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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
CURRENCY BILL IS
PASSED By SENATE
ADMINISTRATION MEASURE is
ADOPTED, AFTER LONG FIGHT,
BY GOOD MAJORITY.
HITCHCOCK CEASES FIGHT
Six Republicans Join Democrats in
Support of LeaisIation-WilI
q. Revise Financial System.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington The administration
currency bill, proposing a revision oil
the financial system of the United
States and the creation of regional re-
serve banks to act as stabilizing ele-
ments in the banking and financial
world passed the Senate by vote
of "a to "a.
Forces that had fought together for
Improvement and amendment OF the
measure to the last divided when the
final vote came. Senator Hitchcock,
who had led the opposition to the DILL
returned to the Democratic ranks ana
Senator Weeks, one of the leaders on
the Republican side, with five other
Republicans, and Senator PoindeXter,
Progressive. voted for the passage OF
the measure. Otherwise the vote was
strictly party one.
Differences Are Adjusted.
Wide differences exist between the
form of the legislation passed by the
Senate and the bill that passed the
house several months ago. Democrat
ic leaders easily adjusted these dif'
ferences, however.
The adoption of the administration
bill, known as the "Owen bill, foi'
lowed the formal defeat, A to Al, OF
the Hitchcock bill. which has been en-
dorsed by Senator Hitchcock and the
five Republican members OF the even
" divided Senate Committee that
passed on the legislation. The Sen
ate previously had rejected, without
roll call. a central bank" bill Offered
as a substitute by Senator Burton.
Hitchcock Falls in Line.
Senator Hitchcock announced his
purpose to vote for the Senate bill
as finally completed, because OF Its
great Importance to the financial
world. "My whole fight has been to
strengthen and improve the bill and
to prevent hasty and blundering legis
lation." he said.
Senator Weeks said he would vote
ftyr the measure, because it was "7S
per cent good, and only 25 per cent
bad" and an improvement over exist
ing conditions.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
WANT REFORMS IN !AllS
Officers of Prison Association Plan
Statewide Campaign"
rru Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-A campaign Of rene
dial measures, directed against all
Louisiana jails. TO secure new build
ings where necessary and to establish
large, airy yards in such institutions,
actively began at a meeting of the
Prison Reform Association, $500 st.
Charles street, with Eishop w. p.
Thir'lield and other noted men in at
tendance.
Exception was taken to the fact
that the old Jail still stands at Crow
ley, when for some time there has
been an entirely new building needed
for the increasing number of inmates.
Rev. J. L. Sutton. who has recently
made a trip of inspection to Eaton
Rouge, told of conditions in the Parish
prison there that were in need of re-
form. The Baton Rouge Jail is badly
in need of yard where the prisoners
could find healthful recreation, Mr..
Sutton reported.
In an enthusiastic speech Bishop
Thirkield advocated the idea of aux
iliaries to the Louisiana Prison Re-
form Association in every Louisiana
town OF any size. lie believed that
with an organization actively started
much more could be accomplished
than by individual members in the diff
ferent towns.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
TEDDY AND CHILEAN CLASH
Former President Resents Attack on
the Monroe Doctrine.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ashington.-Members of the diplo-
matte corps, especially representatives
from the South American countries,
were greatly interested in a report
reaching Washington that former
President Roosevelt and DR.. Marcial
Martinez, at one time Chilean minis
ter to the United States. had clashed
in Santiago de Cuba because OF diver
gent views on the Monroe doctrine.
The Chilean is reported to have dis
sented strongly from the Roosevelt
view that the much discussed doc
trine still is yll Issue.
In his address the Roosevelt re-
ception, DR.. Martinez dealt with tho
Monroe doctrine, cfaracterizing 1t as
dead issue and arguing that the
conditions which gave rise to its pro-
mitigation by President Monroe in
1923 have disappeared almost entirely.
This statement is said to have arous-
ed the ire of Colonel Roosevelt, who
replied with some heat. holding that
the Monroe doctrine still was vital
principle of the foreign policy OF the
United States. He is said, too, to
have suggested to the Chilean diplo-
mat that ii was ill-advised on such
an occasion to inaugurate a contro-
versy.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
WATER TRAFFIC Is OPENED
First Barge Loads of Alabama Coal
Reach New Orleans.

Western Newsnanpr Tncr Ne,s Service
New Orleans.-The first shipment
OF Alabama coal to reach New Orleans
by water has arrived at Violet, the
Lake Borgne Canal terminus of the
Alabama and New Orleans Transpor-
tation Company. and has been discharg-
ed there from the self-propelling steel
barges which brought the cargoes
down the Black Warrior, the Tombig-
bee and Alabama rivers and thence
through Mississippi sound into Lake
Borgne canal. The arrival of the
two barges of the Alabama ard New
Orleans Transportation Company is re,
garded by transportation men as mark
ing the beginning of a new era of
transportation history and ship coaling
at this port.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
LEADS IN LUMBER PRODUCTS
Louisiana Ahead in Manufacture Of
Cypress and TupeIo.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-Production of cy-
press, tupelo and red gum lumber for
the Southern states during 1912, ac-
cording TO United States census fig
ures made public here by the Lumber
Trade Journal, shows Louisiana leading
in the manufacture of cypress and tu-
pelo, while Arkansas heads the lit in
the production of red gum.
Cypress production was given at
997.22I 600 Louisiana produced 1922
$4,000; Florida. 101 ,429,0 900: Georgia.
62,941 10000; Arkansas, 43,23S, 900. Eigh-
teen states reported.
Red gum production, 694, 4,2e0. 900.
Arkansas, 211.920.OOO; Mississippi,
121 1.354,000; Tennessee, 69,61z 900;
Louisiana. 63.573.OO0. T'wenty-four
states reported.
Tupelo production, 122,545,O00 Lou
isiana, 54,5S1 ,00O0: North Carolina,
16,514,000; Alabama, 12,74S,000; Vir-
ginia, 7,246.0O0. Twenty states report
ed.
The figures show that in the United
States 979 mills produced cypress lum-
ber, 40 tupelo and 1889 red gum.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
REPUBLICANS CUT
POWER OF SOUTH
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ALTERS
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION
IN CONVENTIONS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-The Republican Ma
tional Committee concluded its labors
for reform in party procedure and
launched its campaign for a reunion
OF warning elements by adopting a
resolution providing for a radical
change in the basis of representation
in the na'ional conventions which
would reduce the quota of the South
ern states from 33 to 16 per cent of
the conventions total.
The action of the committee. criti-
cised in vigorous terms by several of
its members, but made unanimous be-
fore adjournment, must be endorsed
by the states entitled to cast a ma
iority of votes in the Electoral College
before it becomes party law.
National Committeeman Remmel Of
Arkansas violently opposed this plan.
He said that the history of the Re-
publican conventions showed conclu-
sively that the Southern contingent
always had followed the lead of a
Northern majority in support of presi-
Dental candidates.
Are you going to- kick us out and
make the Republican party sectional
party?""he asked, shaking his fist at
Committeeman Howell. Treat us
fairly. Encourage us as we deserve
to be encouraged and don't try to
throttle u.s."
Mr.. Remmel voted in favor of the
change later. however.
Former Governor Hadley of Mis-
souri,, holding the proxy of the Louisi-
ana committeeman, led the fight for
the change in representation.
According to figures submitted by
the subcommittee, the new plan would
reduce the total number of delegates
from 1888 as in 1912 to 993. Under
it these states would lose delegates:
Alabama, nine; Arkansas, three; Flori'
da, four; Georgia, 10; Illinois, two;
Kentucky, one; Louisiana, seven: !:
Mississippi, eight; New York, four;
North Carolina, three; Pennsylvania,
one; South Carolina, seven; Tennes-
see, three; Texas, Is; Virginia, nine;
Hawaii, four.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
Western Newspaner Union Nevs Service.

Western Newspaper Onion News Service.
FL Palso, TeX.-Northern Mexico Is
to be made a wilderness, according
to information that has been received
here. Realizing the impossibility OF
taking the country from the rebels.
Victoriano Huerta has ordered the
remnants of his army, now at DINA
ga, 10 begin a campaign of destruc-
tion that will make the states OF
Chihuahua and Coahuila untenable for
Pancho Villa and his followers. VIII
lagos are to be laid waste and farms
swept off the map. The campaign
will be similar to that waged several
months ago against Zapata in south
ern Mexico.
Particular attention is to be paid
the Mormon colonies in the vicinity
of Cases GraDdes. Inez SalaZar, the
Socialist general, has been chosen by
Huerta to command the column or
destruction that will march against
the Mormons. Two years ago. during
the Orozco revolution, Salazar de-
stroyed much of the Mormon's proper
~ and forced them to fee to the
United States. Salazar's orders. as
learned here, are to march from DINA
ga to Cases Grandes, sweeping path
20 miles wide for the entire distance.
Everything in this path will be de-
stroyed. No attack will be made on
Juarez at the present time, the idea
simply being to make the northern
portion of the states untenable.
While Salazar thus is engaged, Pas
cual Orozco will proceed up the Con,
chos river from Ojinaga. through Cu-
cnilla Pardo to Santa Rosalia, where
a junction will be formed with Gen.
erals Veladeo and Navarette, from
Torreon. The combined armies then
will attack Chihuahua City. Both
armies will destroy everything possi-
BILE on their marches to Santa Rosalia-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
NURSE SAVES MANY, IS HURT
Cir, Is Trapped by Fire After Remov-
ina Patients From Sanitarlum.

Western Newspaper Cnion News Service.
Crowley, lahore than half a
hundred patients were safely removed
from a frame sanatorium as it was
being destroyed by fire here and the
only person hurt was a nurse, Miss
Shell Morris, whose heroic work
doubtless saved many lives.
An explosion occurred in a stove
and soon the place was filled with
smoke and flames. Frantic patients
were quieted and removed under di-
rection of Miss Morris. After they
were all out, she found herself trap
ped and was forced to jump from a
second story window. She suffered a
broken leg and it is feared she. sus'
tained internal injuries.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
RE0RGANlZE SCHOOL LEAGUE
Field Meet Is Arranged by Northeast
Louisiana Association.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Rayville.-The pricipals of a num-
Der of high schools in Richland and
and increase the efficiency Of its mill
office of Superirte of Schools
E. E. Keebler and reorganized the
Northeast Louisiana Athletic and Lit
erary Association. Superintendent
Keebler was elected president; L. H.
Dunham, vice president; L. A. Smith.
secretary and treasurer. The follow
ing were asked to constitute the asso-
:iation: Bastrop, Rayville. Mer Rouge.
Winnsboro, Tallulah, Monroe City
School, Parish High at Monroe, Vida
liza, Calhoun. Lake Providence. Delhi,
Mangham and Central
1t was decided to hold the field meet
for these schools here in April, the
date not to conflict with the meeting
Of the State Teachers Association and
to come before the state field day
at the State University. It was decid-
ed to give two days and one night
to the events.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
Mrs. Pankhurst Out Again.

London.-Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst.
militant suffragette leader. has been
released from Holloway jail. She had
been imprisoned only since Saturday,
when she was arrested lie on her
way from Paris to London. FRS. Pank-
hurst was in a state Of collapse be-
cause of her hunger strike" and was
taken In an ambulance to headquar-
ters of the militant suffragettes,
where q physician was waiting. As
soon as she il able to she will 60
to Switzerland to recuperate.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
TRIED TO CATCH BRIBER
This Is Defense Of Senator Hobbs,
Charged With BoodIing.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Vicksburg, Miss To contravert
charges Of bribery, the defense in the
trial of State Senator G. A. Hobbs
will attempt to prove that Hobbs, with
Lieut.. Gov. Theodore G. Bilbo, indict-
ed jointly with the state senator, en-
tered into the alleged transaction to
trap the bribegiver into an admission
that he previously had rendered a
bribe of $2,500 to the postmistress of
the House Of Representatives at the
last session Of the legislature.
Attorneys for Hobbs made this state
ment in connection with a plea for
postponement, because Of the illness
of the postmistress, Mrs. NJ. L. Turn
age Of Greenville.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
Receiver Named for Road.

Mobile, Ala.-The New Orleans and
Chicago railroad was thrown into the
hands of a receiver through petition
filed by the Metropolitan Trust Com.
pany of New York in the, federal dis
trict court. Judge Toumin appointed
w. F. owen, president of the railroad,
as receiver. Failure Of the company
to nav the interest on its bond issue
OF $4,000, 900 held by the Metropoli-
tan Trust Company. il given as the
Immediate cause for the receivership
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
Land BRINGS Record Price.

New York.-A new record price for
New York city land is established In
a transaction just recorded for a plot
73.4 by 100 feet, located at Fifth ave
nue. and Forty-secohd street. The price
was $2,250,000, equivalent to 1907 a
square foot. Statisticians figured that
II this Rcord value ruled throughout
Manhattan Island, its 21.9 square
miles Of area would be worth the stu.
pendous sum Of s1s7.5s4.s46.72O. This
exceeds by more than $s0.000,000 the
total weath Of the United States.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
! AN APPEAL TO WILSON
|9aioon Men Ask President to
trpe Prohibition Amendment.
> Srwsulper Union News Serves.

- Sewspaper Union News servse.
Inmbn, o.-President Wilson has
~ memorialized to ask Congress
r6mit a constitutional amendment
ng to the abolition of the liquor
1Ic in the country at large. The
orial. signed by a special commit
q Is named at the Anti-Saloon
1C1e demonstration on the steps
= ~ capitol In Washington on De
Hnr 10, was an outgrowth of the
'f1n4 convention of the Anti-Saloon
- OF America and other temper
lorces held in Columbus Novem-
tAll.
&FNIdent Wilson was unable to re-
ue special committee upon the
l1lnn of the Washington domon-
'en. and the memorial just sent
Pc White House was issued in lieu
penonal hearing. 1t asserts In
g that nationwide prohibition
z b an advanced step in the ap-
Slon Of the declarations of the
rore platform upon which Presi-
wilson was elected.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
First Payment on Traffic BRIDGE.

Alexandria-The first payment by
the Parish of Rapides for the Alex
andria and Pineville traffic bridge was
made when Police Juror j. p. Turre-
gano turned over to the bridge com.
pan, s11,670. The balance of the s24,-
600 as a first cash payment will be
paid on January 1. Certificates to the
amount of $4,000 will also be given
to the bridge company, making a total
of $95.Oo0, the price Of the bridge.
The bridge will remain a toll bridge
until January 1, 1915.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
|JAL BANK DEPOSITS BIG
Than $4,000 600 Was In Govern
ment Hands June 80, 1918.

~ Newspaper rr'"n S.-ws ca-vice.
ninston.-Difficulties experienc-
postal officials in teaching the
% save and economic are set
~ Third Assistant Postmaster
Dockery in his annual report
made public. Mr.. Dockery rec
os the Inauguration of a cam
= education by which the peo-
be brought into closer touch
ae postal saving service.
eiement showing the growth of
~ savings bank system is con-
70 the report. At the close OF
~ SIX months of operation there
h'sls depositors with $677,145
70 their credit. On June 80,
y the close Of two and a half
mere were 331,006 depositors
1,Sls,s7o to their credit.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27

Los Angeles.-Court records OF Los
Angeles county were cleared OF the
Mcnamara dynamiting case when the
indictments charging bribery against
Clarence S. Darrow. who was attorney
for the dynamiters, were dismissed.
District Attorney Fredericks told
Judge Jackson of the Superior Court
that Darrow has been tried twice,
once when the jury acquitted him
and again when the jury disagreed
and that the evidence in the light Of
previous experience will not be suf1-
cient to convict.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
Big WIRE MERGER
TO Be DISSOLVED
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
AGREES TO DISPOSE OF
WESTERN UNION.

Western Newspaper Union News s"rv,ce.
hington.-Attorney General Nc
Reynolds has made public details Of
an agreement for reorganization of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, the telephone trust"
which will prevent litigation to dis
solve that corporation under the anti
trust act and under which competi-
tive conditions will be restored in the
telephone service Of the entire co1n-
try and the combine will dispose of
its holdings in the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
The reorganization plan originated
with the company, although it follow
ed many reports that a suit against
it might be filed. It was regarded by
the Department of Justice officials as
the most striking indication offered in
a decade that "big business" has come
to the conclusion that il is better to
conform to the Sherman law than to
fight il.
President Approves Plan.
The plan was approved heartily by
President Wilson. In a letter to Mr..
McRevnolds, the president expressed
telephone company. and mis- conviction
that such conduct means a building
up of business on sound and perma-
nent lines.
nf hn
nouncement that Postmaster General
Burleson is seriously interested in
government ownership of telegraph
lines, the action of the Department Of
Justice took an added significance
Some officials went so far as to ex-
press the opinion that 1t indicates that
legislation to acquire the country's
telephone business will not be press
ed by the administration at the pres.
ent session.
In brief the agreement provides
that:
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company will dispose promptly
of its holdings in the Western Union
| Telegraph Company so that each con-
Germ shall be under distinct manage
ment, and SO that all shall be entire
| ly Independent.
The company will not hereafter &C.
quire control OF other telephone com
panies, and where control of tele-
phone companies have been acquired
but no actual physical union has been
effected, the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company will submit the
course it is to pursue to the Inter.
state Commerce Commission and to
the Department of Justice.
The company will promptly make
arrangements by which all other tele
phone companies in the United States
shall have access to its toll lines.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
Becker's Mother Dies.

New York.-In ignorance of the
plight of her son, who is in Sing Sing
prison deathhouse awaiting execution
for the part he played in the Rosen-
thai tragedy, the mother of former
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker died
here. She had been led to believe
Becker was in a sanitarium.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
|lUKE FOR ARMY
DNAVY OFFICERS
,.ur ORDERS THOSE RE-
SsIsle FOR cARAsoA
c'NNER REPRlMANoEo.
IS THEIR IDEA OF FUN
r.ecutive's Letter Is Sent to
4 rembenof Committee Which
prepared Program.
. ..-.,.uer Union News Service.

s.,.osuer Union News serv'c-.
neton.-President Wilson has
,nbls a letter addressed to
.sr,es Garrison and Daniels, re-
rIr.,y. requesting that "a very
q. rep-imand" be administered
q army and navy officers who
|I.pated in the recent dinner OF
~ilitary order Of the Caraboa, at
I. ~ administrations Philippine
efher policies were satirized.
~ told that the songs and other
,snents of the evening were in
- ana regarded as 'fun,'" says the
11r1f @What are we to think OF
~ AZ the army and navy of the
states who think it fun to
keIr official superiors into ridi-
~ the policies of the govern
Sbich they are sworn to serve
questioning loyalty into con-
II this is their idea of fun,
fheir idea of duty? If they
hold their loyalty above all
>1feryescences of childish wit,
sbcut their profession? Do they
sscred?"
|eretaries Garrison and Daniels de-
q % administer the reprimand by
lifting a copy of the presidents
= b each member of the Enter
|nent Committee.
kcfetary Garrison Immediately sent
! memorandum to Mai. Gen. Leon
Wood, chief Of staff Of the army:
Il b hereby ordered that the Of
= Of the United States o-my who
+ on the Dinner Committee and
Iooure were responsible for the pro-
= q entertainment at the. recent
- Of the Military Order Of the
"a, held on December II, 1918.
Nprimanded in pursuance OF the
Inunication of the president to
lated December %, 1913, copy
splth. The form that the repri-
4 should take should be to fur
! each Of said officers a copy of
litter from the president"
sretary Daniels issued a similar
y, making the presidential rebuke
Etiye so far as navy officers are
'erned.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
Makes New Balloon Record.

Berlin.-Herr Kevlon, German bal
loonist who with two passengers as
cended from Bitterfield. Prussian Sax
ony, in the balloon Duisburg on De-
cember 13, reported that he had de-
scended at Perm, town in European
Russia, near the Siberian frontier,
thus establishing a worlds distance
and duration record for spherical bal
looms. The Duisburg was in the air
81 hours and travelled 1,73S.S miles.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
Congressman Pepper Dead.

Clinton, Ia.-Congressman l. s. Pep
per of the Second Iowa district is
dead. He had been i'll several months.
Representative Pepper was secretary
of the Democratic National Commit
tee. He was serving his second term
in Congress, but previously had been
for many years secretary to former
CONGRESSMAN Martin J. Wade of Iowa.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
Special Road Tax Defeated.

Amite.--In Tangiapahoa parish the
special road tax was defeated by an
overwhelming majority. While the
people of Tangiapahoa parish as ma
jority are in favor of road tax, there
appeared to be a misunderstanding as
to how the roads should be construct
ed. il Is said.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-27
CAMPAIGN OF DESTRUCTION SAID
TO HAVE BEEN ORDERED
BY HUERTA.
M0RMGNS tn BE VICTIMS
Force Commanded by Salazar viii
Sweep Twenty-MiIe Path,
Il is Said.
OFFICERS OF ENTIRE
SATThLIAN EXECUTED.

HermosiIIo. Sonora.-The COM
missioned officers and many SER
eeants and corporals of the Tenth
Battalion of the Federal garrison
st Guaymas were executed in that
city, according to word brought
here by fueitives. Officers and
men of the Tenth were disarmed
several days ago by General Ole
da, Federal commandant, when he
discovered they were plotting to
desert to the insurgents.