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The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
The American Murder Rate.

Memphis Commercial Appeal: In
the matter of homicides the United
States is worse than Italy. DR.. Fred
erick L. Hoffman in report pub
lished in the London Spectator says
that whereas the average homicide
rate of Italy for five years ending
with 1910 was 39 per 100000 popula-
ton, the average rate of SO pre-
vailed in the registration area of the
United States. That is, for every
100 homicides in this country there
were only 66 in Italy.
When murder is committed on
English soil the law is relentless,
The police never give up the search
for the murderer until he is found
Some may escape detection, but the
instances are rare. The London Sc
cret police have followed crime
for years until solution was final.
|sly arrived at. They never abandon
the search, and when the murderer
is at last caught and imprisoned
the courts are equally relentless.
Here murder can be committed
with practical immunity, providing
the guilty have sufficient funds to
fight with IN the courts.
The laws delay is another reason
why the homicide rate in the United
States is so greax. Trials are post
poned so many times that valuable
witnesses either die or disappear
and even IN cases of conviction q
new trial or a reversal in the SUI
preme court will nearly always re-
suit in a miscarriage of justice.
The law is obeyed in England, in
most instances, and when it is vio-
lated punishment is almost sure te
follow. If we do not respect the law
we can not expect to display cred
table record when the question oil
homicide is discussed.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
The Blind Tiger Ordinance.

It would seem that the declared
nullity of the blind tiger law by the
Supreme Court of Louisiana has
been accepted as a fixed fact from
which there has been issued an or
der by the police authorities OF
Shreveport to discontinue its en-
fOrcement.
The policy of suspending this
ordinance may be questioned, as the
decision in this case is not final,
since there may be granted new
hearing and on presentation of the
city's contention, the decision may
be annulled and reversed.
The city was not represented
when the case was submitted to the
Supreme Court, and until all the
legal formalities are exhausted this
decision will not be enforceable as a
fixed fact.
It appears that some of the blind
tigers and bootleggers, constituting
the decree Of the Supreme Court as
j license to sell booze, are planning
= jubilatiOn for Christmas week and
especially Christmas Eve, when the
town is to be wide open.
Possibly the Caucasian has been
misinformed, but if the "town is to
be wide open" let it be opened wide
and without limits, and as it was
several years since when a hundred
or more drunks were visible on
Texas street from the Levee to Com
mon, when prostitutes mingled in
the joIlification OF the occasion,
when show windows were smashed
just for the fun of the smashing,
and whea sheol supplanted all law
and common reserve on the street
named. In other sections of the city
there prevailed the greatest diver
sity of hilarity, with heads smashed
end other disfigurements incident to
q wide open town.
Possibly this reference to the fes-
tivities Of the past may have q
checking effect on the programme of
q wide open town during Christmas
week. but if such programme IS
contemplated and executed let there
be hell raised in Shreveport: let
everything be wide open; let the
bootleggers and the blind tigers be
merry and merryful, and be damned
the police and all restraints Of law.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
Christmas Thoughts.

Every one likes to be remembered,
and even a card may help to cheer
lonely soul.
An old dress and an easy conscience
are better than a new one and an
empty purse.
One can be young only once in ones
life, and Christmas is time OF rejoic-
ing.
Old people appreciate little atten-
ton.
The value of gift depends upon the
thought bestowed upon it. not on its
instrinsic value.
To spend more than one can well af-
ford just because it is Christmas is
wicked as we'll as foolish
Girls might lift some of the house
hold cares from. their mothers shoul-
ders during the holidays.
tits as easy to smile as frown and
a great deal pleasanter. especially at
Christmas time.
Sorry and forgive" are the easiest
Of words to say at Christmas time.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
In the District Court.

In the District Court yesterday
Judge T. F. Bell sentenced to pris-
oners. Robert Rogers, shooting at,
one year in the pen; A. Scroggin,
bootlegging, six months at,the Par
ish Farm.
Two white men named Simmons
and Cotes pleaded guilty to larceny.
Sentence deferred until information
desired may be obtained. It is be-
lieved they are pickpockets and
sneak thieves.
The trial of Frank Lindsey, ne
gro, indicted for murder, is set for
Wednesday, Dee. 7.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
.Neyer i'm Sympathy With the Sc
d1ceP."


ducer.'
Dora Murff, Is years old, and her
step-father, James S. Duvall, Of
Crowley, La, were convicted, the
former of manslaughter and the lat
ter Of murder, in the killing of j. NJ.
Delhaye, her betrayer. The little
boy, Allie Duvall, who was also ar
rested and charged as an accom-
plice, was liberated by the jury.
AS we are never in sympathy with
the seducer of woman or rapists, we
naturally sympathize with the un-
fortunate father and daughter
whose lives are offered as sacrifice
for the principle of purity and pre-
servation of woman and the home
Coushatta Citizen.
Nor is the Caucasian ever in SYM
pathy with the seducer, but in this
case there are circumstances which
favorably influenced the jury in its
conclusions. 1t would seem that
Dora Murff and her step-father had
planned to kill Delhaye, and the
fatal shot was fired from vehicle
in which they were riding. Dora
Murff pleaded guilty to the homicide
but the jury interpreted this plea as
an effort at an eXtenuation OF her
step-father, who fired the shot.
AS Dora Murff's guardian and pro-
tector, Duvall should have assumed
the responsibility of the Staying OF
this seducer, and then had rested
his case with the jury, who on being
assured that Dora Murff had "loved
not wisely but too WE'LL" and had
been betrayed, would have reached
a verdict as has been recorded in
such cases.
It may be observed that in every
case of betrayal, even OF women
who, having reached the age OF dis
cretion, should be guided against the
snares and the wiles of the libeftlne
that men. especially Southern men,
will shield the parental defender Of
the victim of her betrayer it there
be in evidence that such homicide
was iustiiable under the construc-
ton of the law which is not written
nor in the books of Jurisprudence.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
Commission Government in New
Orleans.

The States: The meeting of the
Commission Council Tuesday even
ing marked the first anniversary OF
the official existence of a commits
sion form of government. In few
words. Mayor Behrman cOngratu-
lated the members of the council on
the harmony that has constantly ex-
listed and the faithfulness that has
been shown by every member in ev-
erything that has called for his at
tention and effort. Tuesdays ses-
sion was also the shortest since the
existence of the Commission Coun-
ell.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
win the Election Crooks Escape?

/, The ballot boxes which were
stuffed last election in New Orleans
have been ordered opened and the
ballots counted in the district court
Of the Parish Of Orleans by the SUI
preme Court of the State. No doubt
a lot of crookedness will be discov-
cred, but what avails it, the crooks
will escape as Of yore. This thiev-
ing Of the ballot among white men
is deplored by all good citizens and
should be arrested no matter how
strenuous the measures may have
to be resorted to, to keep unsullied
and undefiled our American ballot
Coushatta Citizen.
Will the election crooks escape?
If the crooks do not escape, it will
be one of the surprises that will be
of record in the annals of this cen
tury.
The crooks in New Orleans are
engaged through their attorneys in
desperate efforts to have suppressed
their rascality concealed in the
boxes holding the election returns.
But assuming that the crooks are
confronted with their rascality, will
they be convicted? Not as long as
the combined influence of the poll
ticians, the place holders, the long
and untiring feeders at the public
crib who have profited from the
stealing at elections in New Orleans,
is directed to keep the crooks from
the penitentiary.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
Succession Notice.

No. 17,737-In First District Court,
Parish Of Caddo, State of Louis
lana: Succession Of Charles E..
Anderson.
Notice is hereby given that H. A.
Schwarz has this day filed tableau
of debts in said succession, and un-
less opposition be made thereto
within the time specified by law the
same will be duly homologated as
prayed for.
Witness the Hon. ]. R. Land, judge
of said court, this the Goth day of
Nov. 1913. C. E. PEATROSS,
Deputy Clerk.
Caucasian, Nov. 80, 1913.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
Little Dutch Band,

A game in which all join is called
''the little Dutch band" The players
sit or stand around the room in cir
Gle. The leader assigns to each some
imaginary musical Instrumentation,
ffe. drum. trombone. violin, harp, flute.
banjo, etc. Some well known and live
" air is given out, and the band be-
gins to play. each player initiating as
nearly as possible the instrument he
has been assigned. All continues well
until the leader suddenly drops his In
strument and begins playing on that
Of another member Of the band At
this the player whose instrument has
been borrowed must change his atti-
tude to initiate the instrument the lead
er dropped This continues. the leader
taking up the imaginary instruments
Of the various players and they at the
same time adopting the leaders instru-
ment, the one he started with. not the
one he has just dropped.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
SheriR's Sale.

No. II ,594-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Morris & Dickson Co. Ltd. vs..
F. T. Craig.
By virtue of writ of fieri facias
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
40 Parish, La, in the above num-
6ered and entitled suit, I have seized
and will offer for sale at public auc-
ton for cash and according to law,
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
E. w. Roam Jailed.

E. W. Roam, a young white man,
resident of Vivian, was jailed yes
terday on the charge of bootlegging.
His parents reside in Vivian. Pre-
ceding his arrest for bootlegging
Roam had an encounter with bar
ber in Vivian.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
The Fieetest Animal.

No animal Is known to have exceed
ed the speed attained by the horse.
instantaneous photographs Of one fa-
nous specimen showed the full length
Of one complete stride OF about twen-
ty-six feet. In the stride of the fast
est racers the hind quarters and limbs
are raised considerably higher than the
shoulders and from this relatively
great height are brought downward
and forward, widely separated from
each other, to avoid striking the fore
legs. The hare has not in reality the
speed of the dog. The dog, on the
other hand, does not attain the speed
Of the horse. The giraffe is said to
run at the rate of fifteen yards Sec
0nd under the most favorable condi-
tions. The elephant. going at the rate
Of two yards second. carries weight
approximating that carried by six
horses.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
santa's Ride.

Stars are shining everywhere
Through the frosty Christmas air.
Jack Frost sketches on the pane
Hints Of toys and waving grain.
Sleepy eyes wait to catch
Good st. Nick lifting the latch.
Over the earth and over the sky,
Over the treet0ps, oh, SO high,
Santa Claus ard his reindeers fly,
Dropping to you ~ they pass this way
Beautiful toys with which to play
On the coming Christmas day.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
Try This One.

Try rms One.
II a small pea be placed on a table
or in the palm of the left hand and
pressed or rolled between the ends Of
the first and second fingers Of the right
hand a single pea will be felt, but II
the fingers be crossed and the pea
again felt as before without looking at
It there win seem to be two peas.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
What nettis said.

What 0ottie Said.
Dottie had new baby brother. The
baby cried too much to suit the little
girl. One day she asked:
did little brother come from heav-
emp
Yes, DEAR
Dottie was silent for awhile. listen
ing to the infant cry.
Say, ma" she said.
''What is 1t, dear?''
II don't blame the angels for bounc-
ing him. do y0u?''
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
The stork's Stocking.

The Duck - Say, are you going to
hang up your stocking on Christmas
sve?
The Stork-Naw! want something
more than toothpick.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
Official journal OF CaddO PARISH.

Published three times week, sun
day morning, Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoon, at 203 Milan street,
by The Caucasian Printing 20.
Ltd. v. Grosjean editor.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctiont
Caucasian, Dec. 7, 1913.
Civil Venire

For the Three Weeks Commencing 4
the First, Second and Third Mon-
days in January 1914.
For the week commencing the
first Monday in January 1914 for the
trial of civil eases:
1 Petty, Crit Johnson, S. D.
Z Owen, C. G. Norvell, E. E.
2 WilboHn, M. 4 Jones, P. D.
4 Groesbeck, ]. D.
4 Holmes, T. " 4 Cloud, r. E.
4 Simmons, Jesse C.
4 Thomas, E. L. 4 Fort, ]. F.
Ash, Marion L. Tyer, 2. G.
4 Soards, ]. F. 6 Oden, John E.
5 Harkrider, E. E.
1 Eubanks, Bruce
Z Nicholson, H. Y.
3 Robinson, F. M. A Stanton, NJ. A
1 Lederman, H. Duncan, Alvai
Z Bonharn, Frank C.
4 Maher, Richard 4 McHugh, F. r.
Brown, w. J. Looney, E. T.
4 Donnelley, Daniel
Tramehill, S. P.
For the week commencing the
second Monday in January 1914 for
the trial of civil cases:
4 Jacobs, R. E. 4 Smith, Hurren
Farrell, Paul D. 4 Hayden, L. H.
Perkins, C. o. Polk, Walter H.
4 Nettles, ]. B.
4 Williams, Joe B.
Elder, w. p. 2 Carroll, C. C.
1 Gerald, w. L. 8 Woodson, J. D.
4 Thomas, j. H. M.
5 Vaughan, J. B.
3 Groom, Calvin 2 Andrews, A.
4 Stephenson, Will A.
I Kelly, Thomas NJ.
4 Grayson, James Caplan, L. M.
4 Dale, George R. 4 Auten, N. C.
4 Bercowitz, J. I Corbitt, P. G.
I Gardner, L. S.
7 Keith, P. P. Jr. 2 Goodson, w. NJ.
s Young, G. L. 6 Carr, G. S.
Spearman, M. M.
For the week commencing the
third Monday in January 1914 for
the trial of civil cases:
4 Thompson, Lee
4 Cline, F. NJ. 2 Hall, R. B.
8 Forbing, John B.
8 Dawson, Jack Dick, E. L. i.
1 harrington, Y. w.
4 Gillespie, w. A.
4 Good, L. G. 4 Sledge, P. S.
Rogers, ]. G. Jr.
4 Lambansy,. Peter
Chance, Frank M.
Perry, T. E. 2 Elkins, A. S.
4 Leatherman, S. H.
4 Agurs, George NJ.
| Tyson, N. S. 2 Barr, R. E. L.
I Mcclure, S. r. z Nowlin, D. D.
4 Gamer, j. M. 4 Bryant, G. NJ.
Wemple, Thomas
4 james, Ben G. Jolley, R. G.
Rives, George r.
4 Robertson, H. w.
4 Jones, X. C.
2 Watkins, w. II.
F.A. LEONARD,
LEVI COOPER,
F. H. GOSMAN,
J. B. ARDIS,
Jury Commissioners.
A. S. HARDIN,
Chief Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio
Jury Commissioner. q
Attest:
J.P. FLOURNoY JR
A. B. GEORGE DORMON. o
A true copy.
A. s. HARDIN,
Chief Deputy Clerk.
Caucasian, Dec. 7, 1913.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07

Entered as second class matter FED
ruary /, 1904, at the postomce al
Shreveport, La, under Act OF Con-
gress of March 81. 1879.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07

Subscription price $500 per year.
The Caucasian., 1913-12-07

For the Three Weeks Commencing
the First, Second and Third Mon
days in January 1914.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
APPLICATION NO. 1854.
Notice OF Application for Permission to
Appropriate the Public Waters of
the state of Nevada.

Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of October 1912, in accordance
with Section IS, Chapter XXI, of the
statutes of 1909, one Emary Arvold of
Aurum, County of White Pine, and
State of Nevada, made application to
the State Engineer of Nevada for per-
mission to appropriate the public
waters of the State of Nevada. Such
appropriation is to be made from
South Creek. springs situated two
miles southerly from old mining town
of Ruby Hill, White Pine County, Ne
vada, at points approximately in the
NEA of SWA Sec. Il. r.. 81 N. r.. So E.,
NJ. d. b. & NJ, (unsurveyed land) by
means of bitches and one cubic foot
per second to be conveyed to points
unsurveyed land, approximately in
Sec. IA, T. 81 \. r. 65 E., M. d. 3. q
NJ, by means of ditchs and there used
for irrigation and domestic purposes.
Water not to be returned to stream.
w. NJ. KEARNEY,
State Engineer.
(First Publication January -. 1879
U4ast Publication February 16, 1879
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
Good Reading for Sunday
Two Men.

Two Men.
Two men lived n%eighbors in the self
same street;
their chimneys curled,,
The wreaths approaching, seemed to
bow and meet;
And yet each lived in such a diff
ferrent world.
The world of one was powerful and
great,
It's bounds were limited alone by
space;
The others ended at the little garden
gate
That opened near his humble
dwelling place.
One had a score to serve each wish
and whim,
Or tremble when he spoke his
stern command;
The other never had a man serve
him,
But earned his bread by sweat of
brow and hand.
The one had all his mighty world
could give
Proud and self-satisfied be dwelt
secure;
The other found it quite a task to
live,
Still working, hoping, but with
nothing sure.
/ wonder if, when earth's last bound
is passed,
And in that great unknown vi all
are changed,
That leyeling process will take place
at last
When rich and poor no more will
be estranged.
Thomas F. Porter.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
Where Is Already.

Where is Already? Not far;
Not in any distant star;
You may find this wonderland
Smiling on you right at hand.
If you look with seeing eyes
Which are dreamful, kind and wise.
And place where children play
Blithely in their holiday,
Any spot where lovers feet
Lead them till their love they meet;
And nook where honest mirth
Lights the gloominess of earth;
Any home where love is master
Through both triumph and disaster,
Any cottage where is known
Darby and his faithful Joan;
Any place at all, in sooth,
Where true love has kept its youth
There, and ONLY there, you see
Already!
-Berton Braley.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
MY Friend,

Il is a sweet thing. friendship
dear balm,
A happy and suspicious bird of
calm,
Which rides Ger life's tumu'tuous
ocean;
A god that broods Ger chaos in com
motion;
A flower which, fresh as Lapland
roses are,
And blooms most r~adiaptly VIXEN
others die
Health, hope and youth, and brief
prosperity
And with the light and odor of its
bloom,
Shining within the dungeon and the
tomb,
Whose coming is as light and music
are
Mid dissonance and gloom--a star
Which moves not mid the moving
heavens alone,
Among rude voices, a beloved light,
A smile among dark frowns-a gen.
tie tone
Among rude voices, a beloved light.
A solitude, a refuge, a delight.
If | had a friend, Why, / have three
Even by my own confession; there
may be
Some more. for what know; for It's
my mind
To call my friends all who are wise
and kind.
And these, heaven knows, at best are
very few,
But none can be more dear than you
Why should they be? my muse has
lost her wings,
Or like a dying swan who scars and
sings
l should describe you in heroic style.
But as it is-are you not void Of
guile?
A lovely soul. formed 10 be blessed
and bless;
A well of sealed and secret happi-
ness;
A lutte, which those whom love his
taught to play
Make music on, TO cheer the rough
est day2
Percy Bysshe Shelly.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
Notice No. O74O2
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

United States Land Office. Carson City.
Nevada, November 9. 1912.
Notice is hereby given the William
Bradley. otherwise known as w. M.
Bradley and William Pischel, whose
residence and post office address is Salt
Lake City, Utah. by C. J. McMcFadden,
their agent and attorney in fact. whose
residence and post office address is Ely,
Nevada, have mad application for a
United States Patent for the Oregon
No. 5. tamended) lode mining claim,
situated in Ferber Mining District Elko
County, Nevaoa and Tooele County,
Utah, embracing 1900 linear feet of
said oregon No. 8, (Amended) vein or
lode and surface ground not over 600
feet wide, being Survey No. 1898 and
described in the field notes and plat of
the official survey on file in this office.
with magnetic variation at II degrees
40 minutes east, as follows:
Commencing at Corner No. / of the
claim Cfrom which the common corner
of sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, township 81
north, of range 20 east of the Mount
Diablo base and meridian, bears south
SO deg. 81 min west. 5263.3 feet dis
tant). and running thence north "A deg.
east 600 feet to Corner No. 2 of the
claim; thence north 16 deg. west 1900
feet TO Corner No. 8; thence south "a
deg. west 600 feet to Corner No. 4, and
thence south 16 deg. east 1900 feet to
Corner No. /, the place of beginning.
The area embraced within said claim
as above described is. 20.661 acres
From which there is ex-
pressly excepted n
excluded by this appli-
cation 4.545 acres.
(being that part of said
claim situated within
the State of Utah), the
area claimed and applied
for hereby being 49,. 1916 acres.
Said claim is located in the south
east quarter of section 3. township 81
north, of range 20 east of the Mount
Diablo base and meridian In Nevada.
and in an unserveyed portion of town
ship 6 south, of range 10 west of the
Salt Lake base and meridian in Utah.
Said lode location mining claim be-
ing of record in the office of the County
Recorder of said Elko County, Nevada,
at Elko, in Book 10 of Mining Locations
cation being none.
l direct that this notice be published
in the White Pine News. East Ely, New,
the newspaper published nearest the
said mining claim, for the period of
nine consecutive weeks.
LOUIS ]. COIN,
Register.
r. b. Hashness. Claim Attorney.
(First Published December 2s, 1870
(Last Publication February 2s. 1919
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
Giving Him a Shock.

Miss Dubbkins-Mariett-" STAN
mered Wimpleton, nervously, "er-
wow-will yuh-you mum-marry
me?"
Don't you ever ask me a question
like that again, Reginald Wimple-
ton" replied the girl, proudly.
"Bub-but whuh-why, Mum
Marietta?' suffered Wimpleton.
Il lul-lul-love you dude
Yotedly and
Because" the fair girl answered,
firmly, because it will not be neees-
sary for you to subject yourself 10
the strain. | will. "-Har-
per's Weekly.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02
CARPET Rags.

S
Granddaughter Milly pounds the keys
Upon the baby grand,
And Mable MARBLES foreign songs
/ cannot understand;
And Dolly. with dramatic aims,
OF elocution brags.
Their grandma. when | saw her first,
Was sewing capet-rags.
She wore a purple calico
My how her fingers flew
Among the ~variegated strips
OF red and green and blue.
Not many in the state could beat
Miss Ann Serena Baggs
THAT was her maiden name, you
know
At sewing carpet-rags.
And when she changed her name to
mine
Our cottage floors were laid
With bright, clean, newly woven
breadths
OF carpet that she made,
For me-" she used to say, and
smile,
Thine somehow never lagos
And rocked the cradle with her foot,
While sewing carpet-rags.
Son Roberts house is big and fine;
He entertains a lot
At bridge and teas and parties
where
Folks dance the turkey trot.
But when | sit and look at them
My spirit sort of flags
They ought to do some useful thing,
Like sewing earpet-rags.
Nina Irving.