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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
SOUTHERN HIGHWAY URGED
Southwest Louisiana DEVELOPMENT
Bureau Proposes Lee Memorial.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Lafayette.-At meeting of the ex.
ecutive committee. of the Southwest
Louisiana Development Bureau, held
here, resolution was adopted favor
ing the construction of a transconti.
mental highway from Washington, by
way OF Atlanta and New Orleans,
through South Louisiana and Texas, to
the Pacific coast. II was urged that a
convention be called and an organiza.
ton perfected similar to that of the
Northern Transcontinental Associa-
ton. 1t was suggested that the road
be called the Lee highway, as a me-
mortal to the leader of the Confeder-
ate armies.
President y. p. Moss was appointed
to represent the bureau at the South
ern Commercial Congress at Mobile
and the president was authorized to
appoint delegate to the American
Good Roads Congress at ST. Louis.
A resolution was adopted approving
the deepening of the Intercoastal
Canal to depth OF nine feet and
pledging 500 to the aid of the enter
prise.
The committee considered the ap-
pointment of general manager but
took no action.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
NEW ORLEANS MAN is NAMED
Elected Vice President of Mississippi
Valley Medical Association.

Western News SPaper Union News Service.
New OrleanS.-Eievating the first
vice president. Or. DOrsay Hecht. to
the office OF president: for the first
time hOnOring New Orleans man
with important office by naming Or.
w. ". Butterworth first vice presi-
dent. and selecting Cincinnati as the
1914 convention city. the Mississippi
Valley Medical Association wound up
its thirty-ninth annual convention ar
the Gruonwald Hotel The members
generally declare the meeting the most
successful and Interesting in the his
tory of the association.
DR.. V. G. Vaughn. of Ann Arbor.
Mich. the president of the American
Medical Association and one of the
leading scientists of the Middle West.
discussed the important question o.
anaphylaNis, and his able address was
in measure a severe condemnation
of the prUmiscuous use of bacterial
vaccine in disease.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
FIND C0UNTeRFEIIING PLANT
Officers Seize Outfit Near Alexandria
When Youth Confesses.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Alexandria.-The discovery of coun.
terfeit money in the possession of
James Cocks and his son, Selser Cocks.
in this city. was the means of unearth-
ing a clever scheme for money coun-
terfeiting.
Pat LOBBY, of New Orleans, a Secret
Service man. came here on receipt OF
a telegram from Sheriff David and sue.
ceeded in getting the younger man to
confess to the counterfeiting. He led
the officers to his home in Tioga, in
the pine woods north of this city, and
the full pharaphernalia, consisting of
photographs and films and negatives
of the fronts and backs of silver certi-
ficates and bank notes, were dug up
out of a potato patch, where they had
5heen buried to escape detection. A
number of cleverly counterfeited five,
ten and one-dollar notes and bills were
also recovered.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
NEGROES NOT GIVEN BISHOP
Episcopal Convention Postpones Ae-
tIon on Petition for Three Years.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York.-The general conven-
ton of the Protestant Episcopal
church postponed for three years ac-
ton on the question Of giving the ne
groes of the South bishop to repre-
sent them directly in the House of
Bishops.
The entire problem was referred
by viva voce vote to a joint commits
sion of deputies and bishops which
will report to the general convention
In 1916. The committee will consist
Of five bishops, five Presbyters and
five elaymen.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
NINE ARE KILLED BY STORM
South Louisiana Is Swept by Tornado
Many Are Injured.

Western Newspaper Union News service
New Orleans.-A white woman aud
her twO-months-old babe and seven
negroes lost their lives and 81 persons
we're injured, none seriously, in a tor
nado that swept over Southern Louisi-
ana. Cane crops were raZed. dwellings
and fences demolished and other dam
age was visited upon plantations south
west of this CITY.
The hurricane swept over Energy
Plantation, near Thibodeaux. La,
where Mrs. Nalize Borne and her two
months-old baby were killed, together
with two negroes. The negro quar-
ters were demolished on this planta-
tion, resulting in injury to IL negroes
recently brought to the plantation to
grind cane.
Cutting a clean path 800 feet wide.
the tornado lashed through the Filing
ton plantation at Lula, La, demolish-
ing the negro quarters, killing five ne
groes and manning several others, H.
cluding a white woman and man. The
houses were of wood and the inmates
were caught beneath falling timbers.
In New Orleans considerable damage
was done to roofs, fences and swinging
signs. One residence lost it's entire
front while the family was huddled
together in rear rooms. Many other
dwellings, most of which were unoccu-
pied. were considerably damaged.
Seamen of Gulfport, where some
damage to shipping was done, esti-
mate the wind velocity there at so
miles an hour. Ii was estimated to
have reached 30 miles an hour at
Luling.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
TRAIN HITS cow;
SIX ARE KILLED
MANY OTHERS ARE INJURED
WHEN LOGGING TRAIN is
WRECKED.
CAR PLUNGES INTO CANAL
All Dead Are Negroes but Occupants
Of White Coach Are Badly
Bruised.

Western cwSpaI'er ni"u News service.
Garyyille, La.-SiX negroes were
killed, eleven seriously injured, fifteeI
others slight! hurt and eight whit,
men bruised in d wreck near here OF
the private railroad OF the Lyon Cy
press Lumber Company caused by {
work train striking a COW.
The dead: Ed Joseph. GRANVILLE
Alex White, Edgard; Ike Foster, Lut
cher; Sam Chilles. Bayou Sara; Ed
Johnson, Bayou Sara: Gus Ferdinand
Wallace.
The seriously injured: PinckneN
Dickinson. leg broken; Harry Gaines
leg broken; Ed Barconey, back sprain
ed, shoulder broken; Henry Jerrells
leg smashed off; Henry Smith, hips
and ankles broken; Zola Edgar, les
mashed; Mack Mullen, arm broken
internal injuries; Ellis Mason both
ankles broken: James Gordon, internal
injuries: Charles Brown. knee cal
broken.
All of the injured reside in Gary
vile.
A locomotive pushing two cars load
ed with laborers was returning to
Garyville from the mill Of the lumber
company, mile from town. Neal
the crossing of the Yazoo and Missis
sippi Valley Railroad a COW was en-
countered on the track while the train
was moving at fair rate of speed
The first car. loaded with negro la
borers Of the lumber company, was
precipiated down an embankment and
into canal six feet deep.
The negroes in the first car were
thrown into the narrow confines OF
the canal, and the heavy car fell Oh
top o. them.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
STRIKERS BATTLE GUARDS
Seven Hundred Armed Men IN Field.
One Killed in Fight.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Ludlow, Cola general battle be-
tween strikers, mine guards and depu-
ty sheriffs was waged for IL hours
in Bedwin canon at Hastings, and in
the vicinity of the Colorado and South
ern station at Ludlow. More than 700
armed strikers were reported to be
In the field against the mine guard.
At daylight the strikers from the
Ludlow tent colony made their way
along the hills past Cedar Hill to To-
basco and opened heavy fire on that
camp. The guard who was killed was
struck while returning the fire Of the
strikers near the mine tipple at To-
basco.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
new ERA FOR The FARMERS
Senator Gore Says il Is Coming With
New Legislation.

Western Newspaper Onion News Service.
Tulsa, Okla.-Legsslation intended
to better the condition of the Ameri-
can farmer, is the big item to be taken
up by Congress, following completion
of the currency matter, said United
States Senator Thomas p. Gore here
in addressing. 5000 agricultural ex-
perts at the opening days session Of
the eighth International Dry Farming
Congress.
Senator Gore declared that the pres.
ent investigation of rural credits
abroad would result in farmers of the
United States eventually being able
to borrow money at four per cent with
their land as security.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Rostand's Accuser Dead.

Battle Creek, Mich.-Samuel Eber-
ly Gross of Chicago, wealthy real es-
tate operator and authog, who sued
Edmund Rostand, the French drama
tist, for plagiarism, died here. In 1902
the United States court sustained the
contention Of Mr.. Gross that Rostand's
play "Cyrano De Bergerac"' had been
plagiarized from Gross comedy, "The
Merchant of Cornville." Mr.. Gross
played an important part in the devel
opment of the suburbs which later
were incorporated as part Of Chicago.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Oldest Episcopal Minister Dead.

Shreveport.-Rev. James Philson,
aged sS, Oldest Protestant Episcopal
rriest in rank Of seniority in Louisiana,
lied here. He came to America from
ireland and for over fifty years was an
active minister. His last station was
in Thibodeaux. He is survived by his
wife and four daughters, Mrs. Mary
Eliza Goings, of New Orleans; Mrs.
Ashton Disland, of Covington, and Mrs.
Roland Williamson and Miss Virginia
PhIlsop. OF Shreveport.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
OFFICIALS GREET ROOSEVELT
Colonel 10 Entertained by President
Tonesca Of Brazil.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Rio Janiero.-Theodore Roosevelt,
who has arrived here on his trip OF
exploration, was entertained at a
breakfast at the Cattete Palace given
In his honor by President Marshal
Bermes Fonesca. Colonel Roosevelt
sat at the right of the president, and
the American ambassador at his left.
The breakfast was attended by the
cabinet ministers, the presidents of
the Senate and the Chamber of Depu-
ties, the judges of the supreme court,
the mayor of Rio Janeiro and mem
bers of the municipal council ard
various other public officials.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Plan Municipal Christmas Tree.

Chicago.-For the first time, Chicago
children of the street are to have
municipal Christmas tree this
This tree is to stand in Grant par
facing the lake front, and is to
placed in position long enough bef .
the holidays for it to be sprayed with
water and make a spire of glistening
ice. According to the plans OF the Mu
nicipal Christmas Tree Association,
the lake front is to be blaze of light
during the week. Christmas songs
will be sung and presents distributed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
NEGRO LYNCHED IN MONROE
Members Of Mob Escape in Automo-
biles After Hanging Man.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Monroe.-Warren Eaton, a young
negro who was arrested on a charge
of making insulting remarks to a II
year-old white girl, was taken from
the Jail and lynched by a mob of less
than 20 men. Members of the mob
held up two police officers who were
in charge of the city Jail and forced
them to hand over the keys. The ne
gro was then taken from the Jail and
hanged to a telephone pole in the
eastern part of town.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Burton Gibson Goes Free.

Goshen, n. Y.-The indictment
against Burton W. Gibson, the New
York lawyer, tried twice by Orange
county juries for the death OF Mrs
Rossca Menschik-Szabo by strangula-
ton on Greenwood Lake on July 16,
1912, was dismissed here. The juries
at both trials failed to agree. The
Austrian consul was expected TO take
Gibson to New York, where indict-
ments have been found against Gibson
for misusing the funds of Mrs. Szab0's
estate.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Threatens Suffrage Opponents.

Washington.-Defeat for rejection
of all those who oppose the adoption
of a constitutional amendment to as
sure nationwide woman suffrage, in
cluding senator's and representatives. in
Congress and members of the state
legislatures, is the avosed object of
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw. president Of
the National Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton. DR.. Shaw made this announce
ment following a conference with
Washington suffragists.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Serious Fighting In Philippines.

Manila.-Serious fighting has occur.
red and still continues at Talipoa In
Mindanao, btween tribesmen and Phil
lippine scouts. So far as reported five
scouts have been killed and eight
wounded. Capt, Harry McElderry Of
the Thirteenth company of scouts is
among the wounded. The companies
engaged in the fighting are the Thir-
teenth, Sixteenth, Twenty-first, Twen-
ty-fourth and Thirty-first
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
washington.-Receipt of hundreds

Washington.-Receipt OF hundreds
Of applications for campaign badges
which the War Department announced
would be awarded the regulars or vol
unteer soldiers prompted the depart
ment to announce that no applications
should be made until January /. The
mint will not be prepared TO issue the
medals before that time. Soldiers who
served during the Civil, Indian and
Spanish wars, Philippine insurrection,
Chinese Relief Expedition, and other
campaigns, are eligible TO receive the
decorations
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Plauuemine Has New Hotel,

Plaquemine.-Siber Brothers, pro-
prietors of the Central House, have
moved into their new three-story hotel
building, which was erected on the
site of the old hotel. The building
cost $4,000. IL has forty rooms, all
outside rooms and newly furnished.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Mrs. Pankhurst Wants Collection.

Indianapolis.-Mrs. Emmaline Pank-
hurst, the English suffragette will not
address the women's franchise league
Of Indiana here as planned. The en-
gagement was cancelled by the league
officials. The reason given was that
Mrs. Pankhurst requested that she be
permitted to take up collection at
the meeting, in addition to the stipu-
lated sum which she had first agreed
to accept for addressing the league.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
sHGeS GIVEN 81, $4,000
"st'ons Are Made by RockefeI.
General Education Board.

-. wseaper Union News Service.
- iork-One million, five hun
-. aousand dollars to Johns Hop
a eoicai School. Baltimore; $780,
~. /" barnard College, New York
- s<oo.ooo to Wellesley College.
kSs, Mass; s50,444 to Ripon
~ hipon, Wis, a total of 81. .s5O..
se were donations announced
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Woodmen Head TO visi. State.

Alexandria Sovereign Commander
Joseph Cullen Root. organizer and
head Of the Woodmen of the World,
will visit Rapides amp No. II in this
city on November l2, at which time
q banquet will be given in his honor.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
East Baton Rouge Ward Goes Dry

Baton Rouge.-In an election in tho
Fourth Ward of East Baton Rouge, in
which the town of Zachary is located
the 'drys" carried the word over the
"wets" by twenty-seven majority.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

by the General Education Board, which
was founded by John ID. Rockefeller
nine years ago.
The big gift to Johns Hopkins Medi-
cal School is the first donation ever
made by the board to a medical school
and the largest single donation the
board has ever made to any institution
of learning.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
kilIino Follows Gard Game.

Folsom.-During a quarrel following
card game at lumber camp near
here, Tony Houston shot and killed
VIII Williams and escaped
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

Washington.-The Senate confirm
ed the nomination of Arthur Yeager Of
Kentucky to be governor of Porto
Rico.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-01
The Seventeenth Amendment.

As required Secretary of State
Bryan has signed the formal an
nouncement of the adoption of the
seventeenth amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United Safes. The
seventeenth amendment provides for
the election of senators by vote of
the people and not by the legisla-
lures of the states. This movement
was held in check many years and
received the most determined and
violent opposition from the menu
bers of the United States Senate,
many of whom realized their unpop-
ularity before the people. Whether
true or not, it has been charged and
never refuted that many of the sem
ators chosen by legislatures were
obligated to the special interests,
through whose influence they were
made senators. Hereafter the indi-.
vidual seeking the position of SEN
ator of the United States will have
to rely on the majority of the votes.
cast by the people and not on the
legislature of his State.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-01
The Sugar Planters Denial.

New Orleans States: Our sugar
planters deny that they are supply
ing large sums of money to MAINTAIN
the lobby at Washington now work
ing to prevent the passage OF the
Underwood bill, and few persons
here will doubt the sincerity OF the
denial. But the fact remains that a
great lobby has assembled in Wash
ington and evidence is not lacking
that it is we'll supplied with the
sinews of war. 1t may be that Re-
publican money is being used to pre-
vent any material change OF the
wooden schedule, which former Sen
ator Aldrich once called 1.-THE citadel
of protection" 1t is reasonable to
assume that if the citadel falls the
whole system of tariff robbery will
be destroyed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-01
Some protection for Water Con-
SlInPrS

DR.. G. C. Chandler in letter TO
the public has announced that an
il junction suit was brought by the
Board of Health in the name of C.
H. Curtis, 939 Common street, to
prevent the water company from
cutting off the water from his resi-
dence. There is leak IN the street
and the company served notice that
it must be repaired by Mr.. Curtis III
twenty-four hours or the water will
be cut off. The company has been
using this method to force consum-
ers to repair leaks in the streets in
spite of the fact that city ordi-
nance has been passed requiring the
water company to pipe the water
from the mains to the property line.
1t would seem that such proceed
ing is arbitrary. Through this in
junction the rights of the consum-
ers as well as the water company
should be defined fairly and ntelli-
gently. This action by DR.. Chandler
is cOmmendable.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-01
An Old Trick.

New York World: Mr.. Wilson was
never asked to pledge himself to
four years in the presidency in case
he was elected. No representative
Democrat ever so interpreted the
platform. Nor has Mr.. Bryan ever
so construed it in any public utter
ance with which we are familiar.
Mr.. Bryan said at Harrisburg the
other day that "a man who violates
a party platform and betrays his
party and the people is a criminal
worse than the man who embezzles
money"
A little coterie of Democrats in
the United States Senate who are
trying to sandbag honest tariff re-
vision would be glad indeed if they
could convince themselves that Mr..
Bryan was talking to President Will
son, not to- them.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-01
Mr.. Ransdell Has Gone Too Far.

Tensas Gazette: It was to be ex-
pected that a vigorous fight would
be made to retain the tariff on sugar
and other southern products; Louis
iana's senators and representatives
were committed to this policy. Be-
fore the committee in the party
caucus this fight was legitimate, but
to carry it to the floor, to obstruct
and retard and discredit all other
measures as means to an end, to
make relentless fight on Demo-
cratic policies, on the Democratic
party itself, even to the extent of a
personal attack on the Democratic
President, with the, sole purpose of
accomplishing an undemocratic
measure, and this, regardless of all
other considerations, was not de-
manded Of senator's and representa-
tives chosen in a Democratic pri-
mary and elected by Democratic
votes, and such course can not be
defended from a Democratic stand
point.
In the forefront of this fight, its
most prominent figure, most unre-
lenting, most resourceful and con-
sequently most undemocratic stands
our newly elected senator, Hon. Jos.
E. Ransdell.
This paper has long been the
champion of Mr.. Ransdell's political
aspirants, the first to indorse his
candidacy, the first to suggest his
promotion, and the most persistent
in promoting his ambitions. The CHI
zette knew and appreciated Mr..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-01
Board of Health.

Vital statistics of Shreveport for
week ending May 81, 1913.
Marriages: Ernest Johnson and
Carrie Woolford: Eugene WOoten
and Henrietta Williams; Root Nit
chell and Anna Williams: Joe Owens
and Eliza Ems.
Births: Louis E. Moncla and wife,
girl: Richard Cuisine and wife, boy.
Colored: Willie Green and wife, boy.
Deaths: Rainey C.. Munier, 26
years; Geo. M. Gillespie, &C years; B.
P. Barker, rs years; Emma B. Lafitf,
IL months. Colored: j. Smith, II
years; Charley Mason, 80 years:
Paris Fangell, IS years: Freddie
Thomas, 2 years: Louis Dawson, q
years; Thelma Franklin, years
Annie Hauser, 8 months.
Causes of Death: Electrocution,
peritonitis, senility, bronchitis. tu-
berculosis, pneumonia, syphilis,
burned, diarrhea
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-01
Real Estate Market

Record of transfers of real estate
as furnished by the Caddo Abstract
Company, office in Commercial Ma
tIonal Bank building.
E. R. Mooring to r. l.. Heazlitt
south 10 acres in Sc IA of Sc IL Of
see. 10, f6, and lots 9 and II. sub
DIVISION of w i-2 of Sc IA of seq
3, 10, Is; $500.
X. l.. Heazlitt to C. w. Harkrider
trustee, % 1-2 acres in secti,n q
10, Is; $500.
ii. h. Meriwether to J. C. Lips-
comb, 1-2 interest in lots 49, AZ ~
and part of lot ~ in block E. Ineer-
soil Heights; s762.5O.
steere Home Const. Co. to A p
Brown, lots %, 20, 80, block 9, South
Highlands; $50.
L. Pr1dgen to Mat Price, lots and
? block 9 Ingleside; $3.50.
|. b. Rougon to L. Pridgen 70 acres
IN W IL OF NV IA section 20. 10
Is; 500. %
Henry Sitges to Sam Wolf, W -
OF sw IA of Sc of NV Ia Of soc
10, II, 10; $500.
d. L. Heilperin to Louisiana Real
Estate and Development Co., lot 3t7
OF the Land subdivision; $1,000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-01
WOOdmen Memorial Day.

Today is Woodmen Memorial Day,
which will be observed as indicated
by the programme appearing in this
issue of the Caucasian. The MEM
bership of the fraternity in Shreve-
port will approximate 1000 of the
representative citizens of this CON-
munity. Besides the fraternal feat
ures there is provided an insurance
ranging from $500 to $1,000 payable
at death to the wife or the relatives
named in the endowment. Through
this order, one of the best and the
most substantial in existence, thous-
ands of widows and orphans have
been provided. The Woodmen prac-
tlce the charity which is substan-
tial and lasting.