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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
Mrs. Ruth Ann Bentley

The following is copied from the
Salem, O., Republican-Era of the 9th
inst.
Mrs Ruth Ann Bentley, nee Nc
MILAN, died November 10, 1914, at
the home of her only surviving son,
Linden E. Bentley. in New Orleans,
La. Mrs, Bentley was native of
Harrison county, Ohio, where she
was born September 8, 1927. She
was the widow of DR.. Thomas NJ
Bentley, and the sister of the late
Joel Mcmillan, of Salem.
The Bentleys left Salem in 1857
and located in-Jefferson, Wis. where
DR.. Bentley practiced his profession
until the breaking out Of the civil
war. when he enlisted in the Fourth
Wisconsin Regiment The family
made their home in Louisiana i'm
medlately following the war, but in
1867 the husband and father died of
yellow fever in New Orleans, where
upon Mrs Bentley and the youngest
Of her three sons returned to Ohio.
the other two sons remaining in
Louisiana. where the eldest, Emer
son Bentley, died in 1889. The
youngest son, Milan Bentley, sub
sequently became a resident of Phil
adelphia, where he was interested
IN the well known drug house of
Smith, Kline & Co., and died there
in 1875. The mother lived for more
than thirty years at the old Bentley
homestead, Green Hill, near Kensing
ton. in this county, and for several
years afterwards resided at Salem,
leaving here in the winter of 1908
to spend her remaining days with |
her son, a deputy collector OF Gus
,oms for the port Of New Orleans.
Three years ago Mrs. Bentley
lad fall which fractured her hip
Ind from that time she was con |
ined to her bed, but she was pa
lent, cheerful and in full possession
II her faculties up to the time Of
Ter last illness, which lasted only a
eW days. Besides her son, nine
survive her. seven in
louisiana and two in Detroit. Mich.
nd she leaves a number of rela-
ives in Salem, Columbiana county
nd other parts Of Ohio. Her re-
1alns Were laid to rest in Green
iood cemetery, New Orleans. where
hose Of her husband were interred1
orty-seven years before. 2
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
Death of Gov. Halls Father.

Boiling Cass Hall. the venerable
father of Governor Luther E. Hall,
died at the executive mansion in
Baton Rouge, Thursday, Dec. II, in
his seyenty-ninth year, and the re-
mains We're conveyed by special train
to Bastrop. La, for interment last
Saturday. Mr. Hall was native of
Alabama ano came to Louisiana with
his parents when boy, settling in
Morehouse parish, where most of
his life was spent. He became
farmer and subsequently a merchant
at Bastrop, retiring from business
some years ago. He and his wife
have lived at the home of their on
ly son for several years past, re-
moving to Baton Rouge with the
family after the sons election and
Inauguration as governor of Louisi-
ana. Surviving the deceased are his
wife, formerly Miss Antoinette New
ton, their son and five daughters,
Mrs. S. E. Burwell of Melburn. Ark;
Mrs. d. A. Porter and Mrs. L. NJ.
Wooten of Dumas, Ark; Mrs. F. K.
Lyman and Mrs. ]. C. Mccall of
Little Rock. To ali the bereaved
'elatives, and particularly to Gov.
Hall and his family, The Chief prof
ers its sincere condolences and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
DOWNWARD COURSE.
Fast Being Realized by Donaldson
vile People.

A little backache at first.
Daily increasing till the back is
lame and weak.
Urinary disorders may quickly fol-
low.
Dropsy and often Bright's dis
ease
This frequently is the downward
course Of kidney Ills
Don't take this course. Donaldson
vile residents should profit by the
following experience.
G. Simoneaux, Barton, La. says:
4 had gradually run down from kid
ney disease until finally I was CIV
en- up to die. My limbs were swol-
len to twice their natural size and
was bloated all over. Doctors were
afraid that dropsy would reach my
heart, but couldn't help me. My
pack panied me greatly and the kid
ney secretions We're scanty in pas
sage and unnatural. After I had
taken five boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills, | was well. My limbs return
ed to their normal size and the kid
ney secretlons cleared up. Since
then, / haven't suffered in the
least
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
ooan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Simoneaux had Foster Milburn.
Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
MONUMENTS AND ToMBsToNEs.

wish to announce that | have
secured the local agency for The
Monumental Man, of Canton, Ca,
and am prepared to take orders for
and erect monuments, headstones,
memorial tablets, and in fact any
thing used in cemeteries. w. o. w.
work. specially. Extensive assert
ment Of designs to choose from,
With material and workmanship high
class IN every respect. If you need
anything in this line let me figure
with you. JUSTILLIEN DELATTE,
Donaldsonville. La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
Quick Justice in Claiborne.

John Turner, confessed negro as
sassin of P. J. Sanders, the white
farmer who was shot and Killed from
ambush. while driving to the town
of Homer a few weeks ago with
load of wood, was tried, convicted
and sentenced to death in the dis
trict court at Homer last Monday,
the entire proceedings occupying on
ly about an hour. 1t was expected
the hanging would take place yes
terday. That may seem like rail
reading a case through, but it IS
infinitely better than having the COM
munity disgraced by a lynching. Cad
do can wen take pattern after Clal-
borne in this particular.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
Desirable Property on the Market.

having decided to retire from the.
mercantile business, E. P. Melancon
IS offering his store and residence.
property in Smoke Bend for sale or
rent, on easy terms. The property is,
deslrably located on the gravel road,
one mile and half above Donaldson.
vie, and consists of a spacious store
building equipped with all necessary
d1xtures and appurtenances, COM
portable dwelling, various outbuild-
lngs and large grounds. Mr.. Mel
ancon intends to embark in the con-
tractlng business, with particular at
IGNITION to earthWork excavations,
such as the digging of canals and
s'.N
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

me storage of sugar in the bonded
warehouses; of the Donaldsonyille
l1ee NIL Tor the current season has
ABOUT neen completed, and at pres.
ent .ne warehouse facilities Of the
ESTABLISHMENT are taxed to their nt
4, capacity. The sugar stored
lnefeln totals 36,247 packages con.
s s,ag OF 1915 barrels and 20, 1902
pass, estimated to equal approximate-
~ o,ooo,oo6 pounds The value of
Tue sugar is considerably in excess
u u haf million dollars. Most of
'he packages will remain in stor.
age mere several months. awaiting
rise IN the sugar market which
It IS believed is certain to occur
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
Order Them Todayi

January is the month for. state
nlents. How is your supply? How
ABOUT letterheads, envelopes or 9TH
er printing? Don't wait ur,t1l Tho
last one is gone. It is unneces.
sary 70 use cheap stationery or pay
d, nlgh price for that which Is good
we give you both quality a nd work
mansn1p promptly and econ omically.
Telephone us and We will send for
your order.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
Sometf1fnn in NSme.

There's a young miss in Ouachita
parish whose given name is Thankful.
It's easy to imagine the mood her
parents We're in when she came along.
Bet they haven't changed since,
either.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

Crawford II. Ellis, of New Orleans,
has been promoted to the wee pres
idency of the United Fruit Company
and will continue to be the general
southern manager of that great cor
poration. Mr.. Ellis is one of the
foremost and best-knoWn citizens OF
the Crescent City and his advance
ment is a source Of qualification to
an unusually extensive circle OF
friends ana acquaintance. He mas
fairly won success by high degree
of ability and energy, and his at
tractive personality makes all VINO
know him glad to see him the re-
cipient of new honors.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

To all its readers The Chief WISH
es a very happy and prosperous
New Year. May 1915 bring bountl-
full blessings and the fulf1lllneht VI
dearest desires that will thrice coiii-
pensate for the n1isfoFtunes or uiSap-
pointments Of 19l4.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

The year 1916 will be one of vital
" important eIections-federal, sIate'
Darochial and municipal. The OIL
GERS to be elected will run all Tue
wav from constable to president, ana
no man who isn't able to sno"
1914 poll tax receipt will have the
slightest voice either in choosing
these officers Or in formulating ma
tionaI state and local politics.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

: n. Payne Breazeale. of Baton
rouge, passed through town Thurs.
gay en- route to Natchitoches, where
ne went To spend Christmas with
relatives.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

David Lamar, the Wall st rect oper-
alor who attempted to de fraud J.
+: Morgan & Co. and tn e United
states Steel Corporation by imperson-
atlhS Congressman A. Mit:chell Pal
ner OF Pennsylvania, was found gull
" IN the United States. district court
at New York and condemned to two
years, Imprisonment in. the federal
penltentiary at Atlanta.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
B'nai Birth Officers Elected.

At the last, meeting of Ascension
Lodge No. 543, Independent Order
Bnai Birth, the following officers
We're elected for the coming year:
solomon Klotz, president; Jasmin
Iobias, vice president; Henry Net
ter, treasurer; Raphael Singer, sec
retary- Messrs. Klotz and Singer
We're chosen delegates to the dis
trlct grand lodge of the order. with
Messrs. Walter Lemann and Simon
Levy as alternates.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
FOR RENT.

HANDSOME and ve1l-equipped bar At H ,a5s
Ill Donaldson Possession given Jan I, 1T.
For further particulars apply to = IA.
manager Hotel Donaldson, Donaldsohftits'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

John s. Thibaut Vice President. and |, AFaLals
J. Melancon. Assistant Cashier Of the ap Eose
named bank do solennly swear that se
statement is true to the best OF my hi o"A@se9
and belief. 4h;s aefh
Subscribed and sworn to before me; ,ss
sday of Dec, 1914. h ME11+aLsS 49, p,blie
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

Do you think a great South Lou
l Is Fair can be built up here if
the home parish does not contribute
Its share OF the expenses?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
Last call for poll taxes.

Don't forget to write it 1913 after
next Friday.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

only four days mon e to pay poll
taxes. Better get busy
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26

An ad in The Chief win pay.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-26
QUARTERLY STATEMENT
OF THE
Bank of Ascension
of DonaIdsonvi!Ie, Ia

Report furnished to the State Examiner OF s1ass.
Banks by the Bank Of Ascension at the
close of business on Dec. %, 1914
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
FEW BREAK PAROLE
AFTER PRISON TERM
PRESIDENT OF STATE BOARD OF
CONTROL SAYS SYSTEM
is GOOD.
ONLY 10 PER CENT RETURN
Men Are Taught to Live in Upright
Manner-Since Law Went Into
Effect 936 Applications Have
Been Granted.

Madison-"The parole system of
Wisconsin is teaching men to live in
an upright manner outside of prison.
A man trying right living outside of
a prison is growing into right habits.
1t is better to have him out than in. .
This is the statement of Ralph
Smith, president of the state board
of control, in telling of the success
of Wisconsin's parole law.
eve take the men whom the courts
will not put on probation, whom the
courts say can not be trusted. We
train them in the prison until they
are capable of parole. This means
that the prison is real reforma-
tory"
Ninety per cent of the men who
are paroled from the prison at Wau-
pun report regularly to the board and
are given honorable discharges when
their time is up.
The parole law went into effect in
August, 1907. From that time until
Feb. %, 1914, the state board has
passed upon 996 applications for pa
role from the prison, granted $50,
denied 44S and continued 8. Five
were withdrawn. But 46 of the $50
defaulted and 33 have been returned
to the prison.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
CLAIMS THE WORLD IS SOLID
Old Idea That Interior is Molten Mass
Must be Discarded, Asserts Yerkes
Observatory Professor.

Williams Bay.-The old idea that
Mother Earth was built like a cocoa
nut-a surface shell and liquid in
terior-Will have to be shelved, ac-
cording to University of Chicago as
tronomers working at Yerkes obser-
vatory. With it must go the tradi-
ton that molten masses swirled at
the center of the globe and most like
ly hell was located there. The earth
is as solid as an apple, Prof. H. G..
Gale announced. He arrived at this
decision, he said, after exhaustive ex-
periments in which 500 foot ditch
played prominent part.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
EAST. HIT BY STORM
GALE AND BLIZZARD CUTS OFF
NEW YORK FROM COMMUNE
CATION WITH WEST.
FIVE PERSONS LOSE LIVES
Snow Aids Wind in Swapping TeIe-
graph Poles-Ship Lost But Cap
tain and Crew of Eight Are
Saved.

New York, March "a destructive
storm swept the northeastern section
of the country Sunday. From Pitts
burgh and Buffalo on the west to the
Atlantic seaboard and up through the
New England states heavy gales car
ried rain, snow or sleet, the maximum
precipitation in some localities being
more than fifteen inches. Ships were
blown ashore, interurban communlca-
ton by telegraph and telephone was
interrupted for hours, and trains were
blocked or delayed on nearly all rail-
road lines.
Five deaths were caused here by the
storm, which swept the Atlantic coast,
isolating Boston from communication
with the west, except by cable to Nova
Scotia.
At times the wind, blowing from the
northeast, reached velocity OF II
miles an hour. Carrying wet snow
with it, the gale wrecked SO wires of
the Western Union that ordinarily
connect New York and Chicago, and
like damage was done to the Isl wires
to Philadelphia. The Postal Tele-
graph company reported damage, as
great.
The Twentieth Century Limited,
bound for Chicago, is reported stalled
north of Ossining, where telegraph
poles fell across the tracks of the
New York Central Many other trains
are delayed.
At Elizabethport, N. j., tower
carrying 100 wires If the Western
Union Telegraph company, was
burned. In the city of New York the
streets, which had just been partly
cleaned at cost Of $1,500,000, were
covered with snow, and between $4,000
and $4,000 men will be put to work
to clear them. Messages from the
west are reaching Philadelphia by tele-
graph and being brought from that
city by messenger.
Philadelphia, March 3.-Carried by
a 45-mile gale the storm Of sleet and
snow crippled trolley and electric
light service in this city. At Mount
Carmel a portion of the roof of a tab
ernacle in which religious revival
was being held was blown off. No one
was hurt.
Wakefield, r. L., March 3.-The four
masted schooner Jacob S. Winslow,
lumber-laden, from Ferdinanda for
Providence, crashed onto Black Rocks,
on the southeast side of Block island.
Captain Wilson and his crew of eight
men were saved.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
DYNAMITER FOUND GUILTY
George Koscak Convicted by Jury of
Transporting Explosive to Blow
House in Wisconsin.

Kenosha, Wis, Feb 27.-George
Koscak, tried in the circuit court on
a charge of transporting dynamite from
Racine to Kenosha to be used in the
destruction Of the home of Jerry w.
Decou, member of the Kenosha board
of health and factory manager of the
plant of the Thomas B. Jeffery COM
pany, was found guilty of the charges
by a jury in the circuit court on
Wednesday. The jury was out ~
hours. The case has been the most
bitter tried in this county. Koscak,
poor Austrian laborer, has had the
most elaborate defense ever offered to
a man for any crime committed here
in recent years. Under the Wisconsin
law he may be sent to the state prison
for from three to ten years
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
Mother Rescues Children.

Kenosha.- Risking her own life to
save the lives of her children, Mrs.
Anton Gaber had a narrow escape
from being burned to death here. She
had started fire in the kitchen stove
and when it failed to burn she put in
what she supposed was some kerosene.
It was gasoline and in second there
was an explosion. The three little
children of the woman were playing
directly in front of the stove, and to
save them she leaped between the
children and the flames. Her clothing
caught fire and the flames caught her
hair, burning it from her head. Her
arms and hands were also fearfully
burned. Not one of the children was
injured.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
TAFT UPHOLDS WILSON
SAYS INTERVENTION MEANS
UNLESS LOSS OF LIFE.
Former President Expresses His Views
on Mexico Problem in Ad-
dress at Capital.

Washington, March 2. = Former
President Taft took a hand in the
Mexican problem Friday. In speech
before the National Geographic So
ciety he warned the administration
against Intervention. The cost in
money and lives, he said, would be
enormous and the results of doubtful
benefit.
'"The situation is in such condi-
tion," Mr.. Taft said, chat it would be
improper for me to comment on it, ex-
cept to say this: That those who
lightly look forward to Intervention
are either utterly regardless of the
loss of life and the expenditure of i'm
mense treasure, or else they don't un-
derstand what armed intervention on
the part of this government in Mexico
will mean.
Those of us who have had expert
ence in the transquilizing of a tropical
country with a people not very differ
ent from the Mexicans, who take
naturally to guerrilla warfare and
would rather fight and run than work,
know the difficulties that an army
would have to meet to accomplish the
only purpose that we would have in
going in-the bringing about Of law
and order.
1T would involve the garrisoning
with a sufficient force of every town
It would involve the organization of
columns to chase the guerrillas into
their mountain Businesses and across
trackless desert plains and the subju-
cation of 100000 of people.
Il don't know when we would get
through, I don't know how many lives
it would involve, I don't know how
much it would cost, but I do know it
would be a drag upon us, and then
when we got the thing done the future
would still be a charge and a burden
on our government and on our
treasury"
Professor Taft afterward was the
guest of President Wilson at luncheon
at the White House. Mr. Taft's calls
at the White House have been fire.
quent since he left, March last
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
BOMB KILLS BETRAYER
Ex-Convict is Victim, Says Wife, Of
Three Comrades He Testified
Against-BIown Up in His Home.

Sullivan, H., March 3.-Frederick
w. Mennerich was blown to pieces by
bomb on Sunday in his home. The
package was mailed from Decatur
Thursday and was delivered Friday
morning. Mennerich suspected it was
an Internal machine. In 1908 Men
nerich was convicted OF counterfeit
ing. He raised one dollar bills to ten
dollars. Three other men were impH-
Gated in the case. Mennerich was SEN
fenced to Chester penitentiary and
served one year. In 1910 he married
Dona Nolen, daughter Of Edward Nolen
Of Windsor, I'll. They separated in
December, and on January 16 she filed
suit for divorce. Mrs: Mennerich was
arrested in Springfield, but was re-
leased.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
WOMAN GUILTY OF MURDER
Mrs. Cynthia Buffum of Little Valley,
NJ. ", Convicted of Killing
Husband and Babe.

Little Valley, N. Y, March Mrs.
Cynthia Buffum was found guilty of
the murder in the first degree of her
husband and daughter on Friday. The
verdict not only stunned the woman
and her counsel, but caused a demon
stration of establishment in the little
courtroom. The jury was out five
hours and twenty minutes. Mrs.
Buffum was confident, even smiling,
at the end of the trial. For the first
time since her arrest last October the
woman accused of numbering her hus-
band, Willis; her baby son, Norris;
her daughter, Laura, and Of poisoning
her three other children had I'M
quailed. Mrs Buffums attorney imme-
diately will ask new trial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
Buy Hiqh Explosive.

Superior.-Douglas county settlers
and land companies have already con-
tracted for more than five carloads,
300, 900 pounds, of dynamite, it was an
nounced here, to be used in clearing
land. That nearly as much more will
be ordered before the first delivery is
made is said to be certain Through
the agency of various organizations an
impetus has been given to the cultiva-
ton of county areas such as has never
before been seen here. Settlers have
been coming in by the score from such
agricultural states as Iowa and Ne
braska and those already owning
tracts are enlarging their c1earings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-06
TANGOER LOSES HIS NOSE
Argument and Surgeons Are
Unable to Help Him.

La Crosse. Efforts of physicians
to graft a piece of flesh from his arm
onto the part of his face where his
nose should have been failed and
David Engler of Victory, Wis, will
be obliged to go through life miss
ing that slight piece of anatomy
Engler was one of the leading tan
goists at dance at Victory and in an
argument with another reveler, Geo.
Williams, his nose was bitten off. He
was rushed to hospital here and a
grating process attempted. The ply
sicians admitted it had failed.