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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Attempted to Skin.

IT is charged that Ed Beeler left
the Schumpert Memorial Santa
rum Saturday with the intent OF
skipping from Shreveport. He was
arrested on train near Myrtis. He
explained that he intended to visit
friends near the Arkansas line. He
was returned to the sanitarium
where his leg, recently amputated
needs attention.
Beeler is the man who was with
Mrs. Della Stroud when she shot
and killed her husband on the pub
lie road near Vivian. Beeler will no,
be given another opportunity to es-
cape, but will be jailed as soon as
his condition permits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Election Frauds.

New iberia Enterprise: Governor
Hall seems determined to reopen
the case against the commissioners
for the election frauds perpetrated
in the City of New Orleans at the
November election, irrespective O.
where the chips fall. His efforts to
purify the ballot box and thus for
ever wipe off the stigma cast upon
the State should meet the popular
approval of all right thinking citi-
zens. Many of our exchanges, some
of whom opposed his candidacy
when he aspired for the exalted po-
sition which he is now filling to the
credit of the State are at last be-
ginning to realize that his admins
tration will do a great deal to wipe
out the crime against honest efec-
tions.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Crank an Honorary Title.

Thue Democrat: ''Dr. Bowling is
crank" says the Mayor of Monroe
in impatient mood. Since nobody
likes TO have himself called crank
Or to have his friend called a crank,
it is just as well to know exactly the
dictionary meaning of the epithet.
The Century defines crank as "a
person who takes up some one i'm
practicable notion OF project and
urges it in season and out of sea-
son." =
Note that the whole meaning
hinges upon the word "impractica-
ble,' because if the notion or pro-
ject is at all practicable its holder
can not rightly be considered a
crank. And yet every project under
heaven, even the most useful and
beneficent to mankind, has at its in
ception looked impracticable, and
its promoter the craziest of cranks.
Christopher Columbus must have
seemed many degrees worse than q
court fool when he insisted that the
Indies could be reached by sailing
west, in the face of the then popu-
lar notion that the jumping-off
place could, in this manner, be
found. His scheme seemed almost
impracticable
Similarly every thing worth wh
whether of scientific discovery or
economic good has been accom-
plished by cranks, who had a notion
and stuck to it Notwithstanding its
appearing impracticable.
DR.. Bowling should take it as a
compliment that his persistence
with an idea-a beneflcent idea
should win him the title of crank.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
The Tariff Bill.

1t has been stated from Washing
ton by telegram that developments
of the last week at both ends of the
capitol have indicated a growing de-
termination on the part of Demo-
cratic leaders of Congress to pass a
tariff bill and wind up The work of
the extra session without action
upon currency reform or any other
important subject.
The tariff revision bill is to be
pushed to completion and laid be
fore the Democrats of the Senate,
in caucus, before the end of the
week. In the meantime. nOlwith-
standing President Wilson's repeal
edly expressed desire to see some
positive sction taken toward re-
form of the Nations financial sys-
tenn, the controlling forces of the
party in both houses are showing a
disposition to OFFER action on mon
etary reform until the regular ses-
sion begins next December.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
TwO-cent PASSENGER Rates.

The Supreme Court of the United
States at their sitting in Washing
ton. ID. c., Monday announced their
decision which uphOlds the railroad
legislation in the States of Missouri
Arkansas, Oregon and West Vir-
ginia where the two-cent passenger
law was enacted.
This decision was unexpected by
he railway companies whose inter
fsts will be affected seriously. This
decision swept away the contention
of the railways that these STATE
laws interfered with interstate com
merce
After all, it would seem that the
States have some rights which have
not been abridged, at least in their
connection with railroads and rates
fixed by the State.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Weather and Crops,

New Orleans Picayune June II:
The weather during the past week
in the cotton belt was favorable
Ample moisture was had in practi-
Cally all districts, even south Texas,
where rain was previously needed
experiencing good, soaking rains
i he temperature was unSeasOnablN
low for a good part of the week but
not low enough to do any other
damage but retard somewhat the
growth of the plants. With return
to seaSOnably warm weather any
such delay can be rapidly made up
The corn crop has made good
progress, although it has also felt
the retarding effect of low tempera-
lures. There is now every promise
of big crop in the South. Rise has
continued to progress favOrably, al
though rain would now be bene-
fetal. y
In the sugar district the crop ei
cane continues to make a fine show
ing, although the temperature has
been rather too low during the week
to stimulate proper growth. R9in
would now be welcomed all over
the sugar district and in some sec
tons it is beginning to be badly
needed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Louisiana Products.

The Florida Parishes: Louisiana's
contribution to the commerce of the
Nation is far greater than is gener-
ally known. But one State Wash
ihgton-exceeds her in the produc-
ton of lumber, and she is first in
cane sugar, in rice, in sulphur ant
in sea foods. In 1911 some of her
products were 35,00O,OOO bushels o!
corn, 325,000 tons of cane sugar
A 100000 bushels of rice, 100000
barrels Of salt, 100000 barrels OF
petroleum, 100000 tons of sulphur
to say nothing Of molasses, fruit,
and vegetables that grow so abun-
dainty and with so little expendi-
ture OF labor.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Carrying a Concealed Weapon.

In the case of State VS.. Clyde R
Kent, carrying a concealed weapon
the plea for re-hearing was de-
MED by Judge John R. Land. The
defendants attorney, H. C. Fisher
filed an exception to the legality OF
the act, in reply to which Judge
Land announced: ''If your conten-
ton as to the nullity of Act No. 43
of 1906 should be upheld by the
court, it would leave the State OF
Louisiana without a law against the
carrying of concealed weapons, for
the Supreme Court has held thai
the Act of 1906 is the latest and the
only law on the subject at the pres
ent time"
The defendant was remanded for
sentence.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
THE TINES CASE.
A Claim for Damages by Detective
AddingtOn-A Trial by Jury.

Tftt Shreveport Times is on trial
by jury in the District Court, Judge
l. f. Bell. The plaintiff is J. G. Ad-
dlngtOn, detective, who claims 5000
as damages he sustained when in a
report of the arrest of J. C.. Wallis
he was daubed as a "hy cop" and
''bonehead," all Of which he de-
clares are discreditable to his repu-
tatlon and his good name.
1t appears that Wallis was ar
rested without a warrant. He had
been charged with attempting TO
pass check which was believed to
be worthless. The case was ignored
by the Grand Jury.
In his petition for $1,000 as a claim
for damages he alleges that the
article in the Times relating to the
Wallis arrest and wherein he was
daubed 'fy cop" and a bone
head" was libelous' and damaged
him as an officer and as an indi-
vidual.
The trial jury comprise w. T.
Colquitt, John Milling, Will Ingram,
c. E. Rettig, James Babb, H. NJ. Cole,
S. M. Brown, Leon |. Calm, w. A.
Keith, j. C. Alfred, F. G. Snyder and
A. M. Elkins.
The plaintiff is represented by
Hon. W. H. Scheen and the Times
by Hon. Leon r. Smith.
The verdict of the jury may be
anticipated with lively interest.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Hon Leon r.. Smith

Tonight Hon. Leon r. Smith will
address the Shreveport AID Club III
the council chamber of the City
Hall. The address is to be "Shreve-
port, It's Natural Advantages and
Ultimate Growth" The meeting OF
the Ad Club will be called to order
at 8:15 o'clock. The membership and
citizens generally are invited to at
tend.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
McIInery Script and Land Warrants.
TO The Caucasian

As the time is fast drawing to a
close for parties who have secured
lands from the State of Louisiana
with McEnery scrip and other war
rants that We're used to purchase
lands from the State, and whose IT,
ties have not been validated unde:
the eAct 22i of 1912 which extends
the time prescribed by Act S5 OF
1906, approved July I, 1906, think
it nothing but fair that the land
owners in your section of the Stale
who may be interested in this mat
ter should have their attention
called to this matter, so that they
can validate their title, as the time
allowed under the act for this pur-
pose will expire on July 7, 1913.
If there is any one in your neigh
Eorhood who may be interestedo and
if We can assist tie a in any way, I
would be very glad if you would
have them write us, and have them
send us description of their lands
so we can assist them to validate
their titles before the expiration OF
the period allowed under this act
Yours respectfully,
FRED J. GRACE,
Register State Land Office.
Baton Rouge. June 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Hargro.c Resisting.

When recently +. \. Hargrove was
arrested iii Teyarkana. Texas, it was
believed That he would return to
Shreveport Voluntarily, but he has
determined on a resistance of the
warrant issued against him as being
a fugitive from Caddo Parish. Har-
grove was serving q term of six
months at the Parish Farm, from
which he skipped. He had been tried
for forgery and on the jury failing
to agree he pleaded guilty.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Cotton ReaiOn Bulletin,

By the u. s. Weather Bureau
Fair weather has been generally
prevalent over the cotton belt, ex-
cept scattered light to moderately
heavy showers over a part of Texas
and Louisiana Seasonably warm
weather has generally prevailed
Midday temperatures averaged 9e
degrees over most OF the eastern
part of the belt.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
MarOun i'm the Tolls.

1t would seem that the police
have N. Maroun dead to rights.
Maroun, whose place of business is
on Sprague street, has been triet
frequently for violation of the pro-
hibition and the blind tiger laws. He
was acquitted Friday in the District
Court Of having violated the prohi-
bition law. On his premises the po-
lice have found large quantity OF
intoxicants.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
The Banking and Currency Bill.

The National Tribune (Republi-
cam Of Washington, ID. c., says;
President Wilson is shrewdIy keep
ing to himself the proposed provis-
ions of the new currency biff. He
refuses to be drawn into a state
ment about what the measure will
be. Many are asking to know. The
House Committee on Banking and
Currency has been appointed and
has begun to meet, and will\ soon
begin to consider the new bill. There
is some doubt, however, as to how
much authority the committee will
exercise. President Wilson still has
three currency bills before him
one drawn by Representative Carter
Glass, chairman of the committee
just referred to, one drawn by
Chairman Owen of the Senate Com
mittee on Banking and Currency,
and one drawn by Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoO.
TO man up tree it looks as
though the work of the House
Banking and Currency Committee
would be very much in an advisory
capacity to the President. The COM
mittee will undoubtedly investigate
and ponder and, perhaps, arrive al
conclusions, but these will have to
square with the views of the Presi-
dent and Secretary McAdOO. Ther,'
are good reasons for believing that
Mr.. McAdOo is consulting extensive
" with leading bankers of the coun-
try. No publicity attends these pro-
ceedings, but that is one of the ways
of the new administration. Although
nominally devoted to publicity, the
administration is not for publicity
in development stages. 1t announces
what it has when a given transac-
ton is completed.
The President apparently intends
there shall be a fairly conservative
currency bill. He possibly is suspi-
cious of the House Banking and
Currency Committee because of ira
uitlOns in that committee. For many
years it has been made up of some
of the most persistent Wranglers in
public life. 1t has been utterly inn
possible to get them to agree upon
anything of Importance. This may
all be changed with the Democratic
coterie that Representative Glass has
under his jurisdiction. Certain it is,
however, that there are radical men
on the committee, and the Progress
ives of the House, the finest bunch
of trouble makers in many years,
are preparing to harass and annoy.
They do not propose to allow any
harmony or any concert of action, il
they can possibly avoid it. Repre-
sentative Lindbergh of Minneapo-
lis, Progressive, is shouting at the
top Of his voice for public meetings
of the Banking and Currency Com
mittee, which has already caused
some cOmmOtiOn.
The President is not yet preparing
his special message on the currency
bill. 1t is believed he will wait till
the tariff bill is out of committee
in the Senate, and also out of the
Senate caucus. When the Democrats
have given their verdict for the tar
if bill, as they will do when the
caucus has concluded, the President
will feel more at liberty to commit
himself definitely on currency and
start the activities for whipping the
measure into shape and for getting
it through the House expeditiously.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
River STAGE.

Denison %, fall of Oh; Arthur
City 9.5, fall of 05; White Cliffs i.8,
fall of OF; Fulton 5.6, fall of 0l;
Finley 80, fall of 10; Spring Bank
4.5, fall of 0.2: Jefferson 2.6, fall Of
O:2; Shreveport 4.t, fall of 02.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
On Trial for Murder

Pearley Johnson is on trial today
for murder. Her victim was Annie
Edwards, whom he killed early in
May on the Uni plantation above
Shreveport
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
Tom Watkins Convicted,

Tom Watkins, tried in the City
Court, Judge blanchard. was con-
Vlcted of boolIrs@ing. He was fined
500 and costs. This was his first Of
fenSe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17

Local forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Unsettled, probably local
showers tonight or Wednesday; not
much change in temperature.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
River Forecast.

The change will be unimpOrtant
| at Fulton and Shreveport during
next 48 hours.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-17
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian,
Shreve port, La, June II, 1913,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-25
TARIFF AND CLOTHING.

Coming events cast their shadows
before. The Underwood tariff is not
yet a law, but it seems to have help
ed already in lettering quality and
lowering prices of clothing. A Bos-
ton dispatch to Bradstreet, quoted by
the Springfield Republican, says:
New spring lines put out this year
by American manufacturers are su-
perior to those shown in any prev
ious year, and compare more than
favorably with anything in similar
fabrics offered from the other side.
. This is true of all low prlc-
ed and medium goods. Even on the
better goods Americans will be able
to make a more favorable compet1-
ton than was supposed possible.
This statement was inspired by
New England wooden manufacturers,
and contradicts every claim made by
those same manufacturers when
fighting the new tariff bill. 1t proves
that American mills can meet COM
petition when they need to do SO;
that lower tariff on woolens means
better and cheaper clothing, and that
the disaster prophesied as result
of laying sacrilegious hands, on
schedule K was a cheap bluff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-25
READY FOR 1T.

Two things are noticeable as the
new tariff is about to take effect
first, that business of all kinds is
proceeding with increased energy
and optimism, and secondly, thai no.
where is there a marking-up OF
prices on the necessities of life
Business in highly favored lines
has responded in this fashion tn the
stimulus of privilege and monopoly
when tariffs for extortion have been
adopted, but in this instance prac-
tically all business feels the impulse
of freedom and justice.
If under the new and lower SEIZED
ules the cost of living does no. i'm
nediately come down, it is certain
that it is going to be increased For
the first time since the war tariff
was imposed upon the people hall
century ago, we have in sight a new
tariff that cannot be urged as an ex-
cuse for higher prices.
The two things, business acquies-
cence and prices stable or showing q
tenaency to decline, go together
They prove that the country is ready
for tax reduction; that it no longer
leans helplessly upon tariffs; that II
is weary of monopolistic shackles
and that from this time forward
there must be freer trade and wider
markets.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-25
NEED OF CURRENCY REFORM.

1t cannot be repeated too often
that currency reform is as vital to
the country's prosperity as tariff re-
vision.
A few years ago a little clique OF
Wall street magnates were able to
bring hard times on the nation when
ever they pleased. They learned the
full extent of their power in the
crash of 19O7-and the country
learned little of the evils of this
irresponsible control. AS a result of
this lesson, the Vreeland law was
passed, authorizing the issue of
emergency currency, and providing
other safeguards against panics.
The Vreeland law expires by limi-
tation June 80, 1914. Unless con-
gress acts in the meantime, the mon
ey lords will then get back the power
they welded in 1907.
After that date, there will be
nothing to keep Wall street mag
mates who control the steel trust
from starting depression" in bust
ness as a protest against the placing
of steel trust products on the free
list; and every powerful interest
whose tariff graft has been stopped
by the Underwood law will have
power and temptation to use SINH
lar method of chastising the country
for refusing to be robbed.
Such a state of affairs is not to be
endured. No free people can afford
to have their prosperity depend on
the pleasure of irresponsible manipu.
lators of the market. No honest
tariff must be placed at the mercy Of
interests which have grown fat or
tariff dishonesty.
This nation needs the administra
ton currency bill and needs it now
President Wilson should have the
support. of the whole country in hi:
efforts to put the national prosper
i+ty on a solid foundation Chicago
Journal,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-25
The Thrice-A Week edition of the
NEW YORK WORLD.
Practically Daily at the Price of a
Weekly.
No Other Newspaper in the World
Gives SO Much at so low a Price.

This is time of great events and
you will want the news accurately
and promptly. The democrats, for
the first time in sixteen years, will
have the presidency and they will
also control both branches of con-
gress. The political news is sure to
be the most absorbing interest.
There is a great war in the Old
World, and you may read of the ex-
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ago you read how Spain lost her last
foot of soil in America, after having
ruled the empire of half the New
World.
The World long since established
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body can afford its thrice-a-week edi-
ton, which comes every other day in
the week, except Sunday. 1t will be
of particular value to you now. The
thrice-a-week World also abounds in
other strong features, serial stories,
humor, markets, cartoons; in fact
everything that is to be found in a
first class daily.
The WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only 81
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papers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and The Reporter. to-
gether for one year for $3.50.
The regular subscription price Of
the two papers is $3.50.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-25
THE CROP SHORTAGE.

The September government crop
report published in last evenings
Journal, is a rather gloomy docu-
ment.' Spring wheat is estimated at
about three-quarters of a normal
crop. Oats are put at "a per cent of
normal, and corn sinks to 3d. per
cent. The nations corn crop is be-
lieved to be S70,000,00O bushels
less than that of last year; oats fall
short of the previous crop by AGO.
100000 bushels and spring wheat by
nearly 1OO,OOO,000 bushels.
So great shrinkage OF crops is
bound to be followed by certain
business depression. Railroads in
drought-stricken districts of the west
will find their receipts materially
diminished. Their compromising
economics in equipment will be felt
in the steel trade, and so the effects
of crop failure will spread in widen
ing circles.-Chicago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-25
THE "LAwFUL-N1oNEY" TRAP.

Chairman Glass of the house
banking and currency committee is
undoubtedly right when he says of
the new banking and currency bill
that redemption of federal notes Gin
gold or lawful money safeguards in
a way the gold standard. Paper that
calls for gold or for other paper that
is as good as gold ought not to be
questioned anywhere; yet it may be.
But why should these notes, to be
issued only in time of stress, be bas-
ed upon anything except gold? There
is plenty of lawful money in this
country that is not gold The feder-
al reserve banks now contemplated
are to be direct agencies of the treas
ury, as much so in some respects as
the sub-treasuries themselves. Elmer
gency notes payable ''in gold or law
full money would certainly have to
be reoeemed in Washington in gold.
Why should they not have equal
power wherever the credit of the
United States extends?
While ultimate redemption at
Washington will no doubt preserve
the gold standard, it can hardly be
lawful money introduces once
more into our currency a question
as to the true standard. The phrase
was not in the bill as originally
drawn. 1t was interpolated for a
purpose.
In the main, the new banking and
currency bill is wise and conserva-
tive measure, but it is assailed on
all sides by interests that find profit
in things as they are. All of these
interests are powerful. Some are
corrupt. Some are in a position to
make strong appeal to the fears of
honest men as to the stability OF our
monetary standard. Why place
weapons in the hands Of the enemy
which if it cannot write new banking
and currency laws, prefers to operate
under the old scandalous system OF
concentration, speculation, stringen-
cy and panic?-New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-25

Wanted-At once, or at any time
at your leisure, republicans only,
some of that 12-cent corn and 2-cent
hogs that you said we would have in
case of the election of Wilson. II 1t
would be any inducement might raise
the price on corn to IS cents and
hogs to 21a cents for immediate de-
livery. Republicans and second
democrats, only, can sell us at these
prices. The newspapers who talked
this last fall and the fellows who
went over the country talking it,
ought to be compelled to furnish
these articles at the price they said
they would be. Understand we will
not buy from democrats at these
prices unless they were thin skulled
enough to believe such rot last fall.
Free Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-25

The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
says the Iowa democratic party, II 1t
has the political sagacity we credit
it with, will use the capitol extern
ton issue to instance the truth OF
what it has been saying all along,
that the republican administration OF
this state is wasteful and extrava-
giant.