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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
SOUTHERN HIGHWAY URGED
Southwest Louisiana Development
sureau Proposes Lee Memorial.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Lalayette.--At meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of the Southwest
Louisiana Development Bureau held
mere resolution was adopted favor
ing lhe construction of a transconti
hehtal highway from Washington, by
way OF Atlanta and New Orleans
through South Louisiana and Texas. to
'he racific coast 1t was urged that a
convention be called and an organiza
ZION perfected similar to that of the
Northesn Transcontinental Associa.
ZION. 1t was suggested that the road
DO called the Lee highway, as a me.
moflai to the leader of the Confeder.
ate armies
president N. P. Moss was appointed
10 represent the bureau at the South.
ern Commercial Congress at Mobile
ana the president was authorized to
appoint delegate to the American
Good Roads Congress at st. Louis.
a resolution was adopted approving
lhe deepening of the Intercoastal
Canal to a depth of nine feet and
pieos'ns SlOO to the aid of the enter
prise.
Inc committee considered the ap-
po'n'meht OF a general manager but
took no action.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
G. O.. p. Plans Convention

Washington D. C.-Indications are
that Republican national convention
VIII oe called for st. Louis some time
neA' FEBRUARY, in an effort to patch IN
'ne differences between the Republi.
.anS' 10 adopt a platform and readiust
.ne representation from the South in
'he future Republican national con.
s sen'lon rs Arthur H. Geissler of Okla.
aoiiid Ci'y' Republican state chairman
i iot oklahoma, who stopped off in
a9neton en- route to: his home, con.
lssfed with tl Republican leaders both
I'd. ad' ans New York in regard to
sss ~ ; seFtogether" convention,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
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 Newspaper Uniou News Service

".S'elh newspaper Unou News Service
GarySille, La.-Siy negroes were
hnieu' eieVen seriously injured, fifteen
others slightly hurt and eight white
men bruised in a wreck near here on
the private railroad of the Lyon Cy.
press Lumber Company caused by a
work train striking COW.
nc uead; Ed Joseph, GRANVILLE:
Alex white, Edgard; Ike Foster, Lut.
cher' Sam Chilles, Bayou Sara; Ed
Johnson, Bayou Sara: Gus Ferdinand
Wallace. - - '"''''
Inc seriously injured: pincknev
Diehlnson, leg broken; Harry Gaines
leg broken; Ed Barconey, back spraip.
ed, shoulder broken; Henry JerreIls.
leg smashed off; Henry Smith, hips
ana ankles broken; lola Edgar leg
mashed; Mack Mullen, arm broken
internal injuries; Ellis Mason both
ankles broken; James Gordon. internal
injuries; Charles Brown, knee cap
broken. "
All OF the injured reside in Gary.
vile.
"A locomotive pushing two cars load.
ca Win laborers was returning to
uaryYille from the mill of the lumber
company, mile from town. Near
the crossing of the Yazoo and NIissis-
sippl Valley Railroad a COW was en-.
countered on the track while~th train
wa moving at a fair rate of speed.
my first car, loaded with negro Ia.
ifoRS 6 thessiuinAer company, was
preclpiated down an embankmeht and
into cansl six feet deep.
The NEGROES in the' first car were
thrown into the narrow confines of
The canal, and the heavy car fell on
.op OF them.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
ELECTION MAY Be
DECLARED ILLEGAL
VOTE FOR MEXICAN PRESIDENT
BELIEVED TOO SMALL TO
SECURE CHOICE.
NOT 10000 BALLOTS CAST
Huerta May Continue in Power if New.
~ Elected Congress Holds no
Successor Is Named.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Mexico City.-At the close OF the
elections held in Mexico the indica,
IONS were that not sufficient votes had
been cast TO constitute a legal choice
LOT the presidency to succeed Gen. Vic
toriano Huerta.
1t was unofficially estimated, judg
ing from the results in the capital,
"here 1t was expected the vote would
be up to the average, that less than
10000 of the $4,000 eligibles in the
republic went to the polls. 1t would
De no surprise if congress, the mem.
Ders OF which also were voted for, de-
clared the elections void when that
oody IS organized and revises the re.
turns.
Inc leaders of the Catholic party
Claimed a long lead, although thew
were unable to estimate the number
OF votes polled for their candidates.
Federico Gamboa and General Rascop
If this claim is correct. it is gener.
ally thought that Gen. Felix piaz and
Senior Requena ran second. The Lib.
eral candidates, Manuel Calero and
flores Magon, had no printed ticket
their supporters being obliged to write
their names on the blank ballots.
president Huerta did not vote. He
spent the day at Popotla, his suburban
home.
Since the deputies and senators arc
not subject to the election provisions
governing the presidential election. IL
Is expected that the choice of Con.
sress is assured. 1t is assumed on
the showing SO far as known that the
Catholic party will have a majority in
both chamber and Senate.
Thre was no semblance of disorder
IN any quarter of the city. A few pa.
trolls were On the streets, but neither
police nor troops had any but their
usual duties to perform.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
AWAITS RESULT OF ELECTION
United States Will Demand Elirina.
ton Of Huerta, il Is Believed.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washlngton.--Future relations be-
tween the United States and Mexico
which. it is conceded, are greatly
strained, are believed to be dependent
IN large measure on the developments
following the election in Mexico.
Should the election fail to result in
a choice and indications point toward
Huerta being continued In power for
a long period, it is believed decisive
action will be taken and that Europe
will come to the support of the Ameri-
can demand for the elimination O,
Huerta.
Officials in Washington believe that
some decided developments are Ger.
tain within short time.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
WILSON IN HANCOCK'S SEAT
President Rededicates BUILDING Ono.
Used by Continental Congress.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Philadelphia. Congress Hall, where
the Senate and House Of Representa-.
dves sat from 1890 to 1900. was re.
dedicated with patriotic exercises
marking the complete restoration az
the hail. President Wilson was the
central figure and delivered a 20.
minute address, in which he contrast.
ed men and things of early days with
the present.
The president was accompanied from
Washington by Secretaries Wilson and
Houston, Speaker Champ Clark. Am.
bassador Juesserand of France and a
delegation from the Senate and House
He sat in the high-backed chair used
by John Hancock. In front of him was
the flat-top desk used by many signera
OF the Declaration. Of Independence
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
NEGRO LYNCHED IN MONROE
Members Of Mob Escape In Automo.
biIes After Hanging Man.
Western Newspaper Union News Service n

Western Newspaper Union News Service,a
Monroe.-Warren Eaton, 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 telephone pole in tho
eastern part of town.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
oIAz AND HuERTA IN BREAK
General 0efies President and Is Sx.
PEELED From the Army.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
vera Cruz, MeX.-General Felix Diaz
refused finally to accompany Colonel
Vladurrazaga to the capital at the
command of President Huerta, giving
as his reason the illness of his wife.
The last thread binding Gen. Diaz
and Gen. Victoriano Huerta was sew.
cred when General Diaz telegraphed
to the Department of War his resigna.
ton as brigadier general of the army,
at the request of the Mexican War De-
partment, it is said.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31

Major of Missouri; W. w. Finley, presi
dent of the Southern Railway Com
pany; John NJ. Parker of New Orleans
honorary president of the Southern
Commercial Congress-; Representative
Richmond Pearson Hobson of Ala
bama; Representative Henry D. Clay
ton OF Alabama; Richard l.. Metcalf
governor of the Panama Canal Zone
and Edmund T. Perkins. president of
the National Drainage Congress.
Honor "Father of Canal ldea."i j.
1t was regarded as especially fit
ting that this convention of the con.
gress, celebrating the practical com.
pletion of the Panama canal, should be
held at Mobile, the seaport. of the
state which produced the late Senat6r
John Tyler Morgan, who is called the
Father of the Canal Idea" Fitting
tribute was paid during the meeting
10 the memory of the man who worked,
tlrelessly for years to bring about the
undertaking of the great project, the
completion of which is now being cele-
brated. One of the features of the q
program was an address by Senator
John H. Bankhead of Alabama, oni
The Life and Achievements of Sena.
Tor John I. Morgan" 1t was proposed
to pay further tribute to. the late sena.
tor by erecting tablet to his memory
at the Panama canal. This was to he
done, 1t was planned, when the dele.
gates to the congress visited the canal
following the close of the meeting in
this city.
1t was expected that several hun.
bred. of the delegates who attended |
the Mobile meeting would take part !
IN the cruise which had been arranged
to enable them teihspect the canal.
Commercial Executives Confer.
An interesting feature of the nro,
gram was the evening which was de, /
voted TO a conference of commercfaH
executives, presided over by M HM.
Irrelevant, manager of the New ORR
leans Association of Commerce and I.
president of the American. Associa.
lion of Commercial Executives !.
Among those on the program fort
his conference were Mayor Martins
3ehrman of New Orleans, whose subs.
ect was THE Relation of New Or. |,
cans to Pan-American Trade" Brueet,
Kennedy, president of the Southern
commercial Secretaries Association
whose subject was Extension of the
'outh's Trade Relations; Lucius F
ex.president of the American ,
ssociation of Commercial Executives.
leland ]. Henderson, president of the
iississippi-Atlantic Inland Waterways
association; and A. S. Caldwell presi.
ent OF the Mississippi River Levee +
.ssociatson, whose subject was "Tbe I
'elation of the Mississippi River As.
oelation to the Panama Canal" :
other Countries Participate. ,
The participation in the Southern L
commercial Congress of representa-. Q
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
uhsessVofuntary Arbltratio,

( Il a = f rs Voluntary arbitration
,for s ~, sa'plSyesIwas urged as a remedy
I ~ ,i =? misunderstanding by VIII.
nam ~ y Wslsen, secretary Of the De.
p partment e.fI.abor, in an address here
. "elore me American Mining Congress,
:, napital ans labor" he said, ARE part art.
ners lin production, and, being nar. par
t"sn ~; -. sptli'fed to voice in determip.
ns what the Partnership should be"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
PIauuen1ine Has New An4aI

Plaquemine.-Siber Brothers nro.
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. 1t has forty rooms all
outside rooms and newly furnished
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
'anIe Case ip Supreme cou,,

New York.-The supreme court .,
.ne united States has been called mon
y. NIUE r;. whether owners of the steam.
ct tso. i's AN CO must face suit for more
tnan sl6'ooo,oOo for loss of life and
proper, property or whether liability shall he
INN limited to sal $780, the passage monev
pius the value OF lifeboats re.nvsnoI
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-10-31
Killing Follows Card Game.

Folsom.-During quarrel following
e card game at a lumber camp near
mere, Tony Houston shot and killed
VIII Williams and escaped.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-31

But the. new twentieth century
way, developed by Mr.. V. E. Savoy is
to be king and yourself at the same
time. Maybe this is because he was
sort of born a king.
He takes his work in earnest. A
good electrician, while he works,
doesn't keep reminding himself that
he is an electrician; what he does
keep in mind is that he must string
his wires carefully.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-31
THE KING BUSINESS
By-W. G. Shepherd.

Rome, May 31.-Fhis is about an
Italian who found a new way to do
a eentury-old job. He is Mr.. Victor
E. Savoy and, in view of the fact that
his job is a semi-public one, he being
the king of Italy, his twentieth cen
fury style of Ringing is attracting
some attention in king circles.
There used to be two ways of king
ing. For instance, if you were a king,
one way was to let the king part of
you be the most prominent and let
the personal part of you run second.
The king of England is this kind of
a king. Or you might be like Alfonso,
No, 10, of Spain, who is himself first
and king second.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-31

And so Victor Emanuel doesn't
keep on reminding himself that he's
king; what he does seem to keep
in mind is that he has a certain Job
to do and that he's going to do his
dingdest to do it well.
You could be arrested for cruelty
to children in Chicago for treating a
child the way Victor Emanuel was
treated while he was being trained
for kingship.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-31

|N IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
Ware the Typhoid Germ!

mr. rodera's advice to vacation seekers is of peren
NAL pertnence in its warnings concerning water sup
plies and food but it is also quite novel III its suSgeS
ton that all should be inocuated with antl-Nphoid
lymph Such incubation has been widely practised
with gratifying results, and has been made com
pulsory in the army; but this is, We believe, the
frs, time that it has been advised on such scale for
the general public.
The Health Commissioners counsel is. however
doubtless sound on this point as on the others ana
is to be commended not only TO summer guests N
the country but also 10 their hosts and 10 those VINO
have rural homes of their TO which they 20 Tor
the summer: for all these are directly concerned.
The sources Of typhoid in the country are chiefly
two. One is found in imperfect sewage disposal ana
water supply. through which the water becomes CON
Eliminated The open well is always to be regarded
with suspicion. regardless Of all the romance ana
song about the old oaken bucket The ordinary
cesspool IS Il needless abomination Abolish these
two and large proportion Of typhoid cases VIII be
eliminated
The other source Of infection IS the common house
Av which is one Of the flthiest and dCadest Great
ures on earth The ancient PhilistineS 6uilded
better than they knew-if indeed they did not then
know what we have only just found out-when
they named their chief deity Beezebub, the god OF
flies. For their gods we're malignant not benevolent
beings, and so they in effect by that nomenclature
called flies the offspring Of the devil That charac
terization Of them Is no libel; at least not upon
the flies.
What IS demanded at this season Of year IS that
country places shall be put In order sanitary as well
as horticultural. Look out for the water supply
and exterminae the flies or at least keep them out
Of the house and away from all food and drink. II
will he much easier and cheaper TO do that than 10
deal with even single case Of typhoid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
4 Glorious Victory.

There was truly honor enough TOT al III 9e',e''
DAVIS polo game. The records give no more ueS-
perately fought, more evenly matched contest 'l'n
the neck and neck fight which ended with America
= nosa ahead II is detracting no whit from the
successful play of our four to say that IL was any
bodv's game TO the last tap of the cong.
Speaking of the play, it is fair to say that the
changed English team, men and ponies, came OIL
considerably over their form in the first game Whle
the American four lost perhaps shade OF It's
brilliancv of attack. In defence the American"
game left nothing to he desired.
II is almost pity that the series did not go 10
tbe third game What a thriller it would nave
been! Yet we think America would have been emil
fled TO look forward to it with every reasonable con-
fdence Close as yesterdays game was there
showed throughout in the American four do-oi-ule
shirt that is the stuff of which victories are maze
As for the WestcheSter Cup, which crossed u
ENGLAND In 1856 there to lodge for some twenty
three wears. it stays safely in America. for tne
good feeling and the pleasure of contest Win su'
thorough sportsmen as our English visitors we nope
they will try again soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
The Votes for Women Amendment.

Nobody in Washington could have been surprised
that the Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage re-
ported an amendment to the Constitution giving
women the suffrage. The committee was purposely
composed of Senators friendly to the suffrdgist
cause, since four Of its nine members come from
states in which women vote and one other
member Mr.. Clapp, Of Minnesota, was affiliated in
the last national campaign with the Progressive
party which has made votes for women one Of its
leading issues Yet for all that the report Is sig
nal encouragement to the suffragsts
1t may or may not be significant that the COM
mtee's plan for altering the Constitution takes the
form of an entirely new article, instead of an
amendment to Article Fifteen. II would have been
Just as effective TO insert the word sex" in the
present Fifteenth Amendment, which already pro
vides that the right of the citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied abridged by
the United states or by any state on account of
race color or previous condition Of servitude This
guarantee has been made q dead letter in many
of the states. and it was perhaps thought prudent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
Germany's Dual Anniversary.

Because of its dual nature to-days anniversary IS
likely 10 be not douby but only slightly celebrated
Fin Germany 1t is an inevitable circumstance of roy
atty that the accession Of one sovereign comedies
with the death Of his predecessor. To-day is the
twentv-ffh anniversary of the accession of William
H. Therefore it should be marked with rejocings
But il is also the twenty-ffth anniversary Of the
death of Frederick III Therefore it should be OBJ
served with soemnty and mourning. Between the
two It is likely to be passed with little celebration
1t would not do TO rejoice over the death Of one En-
peror. nor to lament on the date of the others ac
cession.
The world at large will note with interest, how
ever the marked approximation in spirit and pur
port which time has effected between the two reigns
Between them twenty-five years ago contrast and In
deed antagonism were marked. Frederick was
PEACE loving liberal. William was regarded as n
WAR loving reactionary Yet in any one of many
doy, the hero Of SadOwa and Worth had seen more
-. IAN his son has seen in a quarter century ;
" uder William II liberalism has made prob
alb much progress as 1t could have done under
Frederick Ill
The vital significance of this day is therefore the
essential continuity Of German national life and de-
velopment which 1t betokens. The ideals which the
revolutionists Of 1913 conceived, and those other
and far different ones which the Man Of Blood and
Iron sought TO work out through Dueppel, Koenig
graetz and Sedan, have both alike moved on toward
realization And Of their triumphant union in what
we NAV call the imperial idea there never was a
stronger advocate than the sovereign who died twen
tv-6ve wears ago to-day. nor more strenuous up
holder than he who then succeeded to the throne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
Breaking a Sound Rule.

In making appointments from outside the dlplo-
matte service TO posts like the missions to Cuba
Costa RicS and Nicaragua President Wilson has
broken sound precedent established under the adj
Ininistrations Of Presidents Roosevelt and Taft
Nearly all the vacancies in missions TO the Central
American states and to the smaller South American
REPUBLICS have been filed in recent years, whenever
practicable, by the promotion Of men who had
worked their way up in the service. At these posts
O knowledge of the language Of the country and
some diplomatic experience are highly desirable
The interests Of the United States can be better
served by trained diplomats than by appointees
chosen to pay off political debts
We have no disposition to speak unkindly Of the
appointees just named for Cuba, Costa Rca and
Nicaragua Mr.. Gonzales the new Minister to Cuba,
IS a man Of high character, who has long been
doing an admirable public service editor OF "The
Columbia Is. c. State" He is the Of a Cuban
patriot and will be warmly welcomed in Havana.
Tie other two new ministers may also be personally
worthy but it is regrettabe that good rule should
have to be broken in order to put them in office.
The efficiency OF the diplomatic service be
maintained at a high level only by giving those who
enter It at the bottom the assurance of permanent
career Appointments OF representative Americans
10 few Of the highest posts may be necessary, but
the main body Of the service ought to be protected