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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01

N law by three commissioners, who shall be
elected from among the stockholders by ballot
AT a general meeting OF the stockholders Sqh-
vened for that purpose, after thirty (Nl DAYS
nrey5otls notice shall have been given by ad-
yr~ri,rrrent IN one or more daily newspapers
of general circulation. published IN the Eng,
l,h language in the city OF New Orleans, and
said commissioners, when elected, snail lui-
risb bond. with good and solvent security
in amount 10 be fixed by the stockholders al
the meeting at which the commissioners are
elected: and said commissioners shall re
main On ONCE until the nnal settlement and
Humiliation OF the affairs OF tins corporation.
\ pIu-ailty OF all the votes cast at suCh
election shall be sufficient to elect, and IN
case Of the resignation. death. or failure or
refusal 10 act of any one or more OF such com
rrr.,,onr~- the remaining commissioner or
commits ,l0uerS shall declare the ONCE vacant
and shall Ill such vacancy or vacancies by
election or elections from among the stock
The whole a. more fully appear, by the
annexed certlned copy OF the minutes OF sald
/ stockholders meeting.
| And the said appcarerS having requested
m, notary, to put the SAID amendment IN
authentic form. ! DO, by these presents, re
Cclyc sand amendment IN the form Of Tins
public act, 10 the end that SAID amendment
may be promulgated and recorded and thus
| be read into the original charter passed before
( T. h. skinner, notary public, on the 18th day
| OF June. 1870, amended by act passed be.
| fore the same notary on the 18th day OF luly,
! Thu, done and signed. IN my Office, AT the
| city Of New Orleans. the day and date
herein first above written, IN the presence
/ ui |. r. Saal and C. \. Miraune, Jr.. coupe-
| tent witnesses, who hcrcuutO sign their names
with said appearers and me, notary. after
| due reading OF the whole.
! Original signed Lawrence Fabachcr. Gus
! Oertllng. !. K. Saal, {. A. Miranuc, II.
ALIENS BRIAN. Notary Public.
| | hereby certify that the foregoing amend.
meut OF the charter OF the Jackson Brewing
! Company this day duly recorded in the
mortgage Office Of the parish OF Orleans IN
NJ o. Il. lllg, Folio --. New Orleans, Lou.
| is'aua. December y, 1913
| lSIgnedJ Emile Leonard, Deputy Recorder.
| / hereby certify the foregoing TO hc a true
| and correct copy OF the original act Of amend.
wcnt of the charter of the Jackson Brewing
! Company and Of the certificate OF the deputy
! recorder Of mortgages thereto attached, which
| /, on nlc IN my once
| New Orleans, La. December 9th. 1918
ALIENS BRIAN, Notary Public.
! ian IS - p feb
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
noo Had Appetite for Chicken.

A chicken-stealing dog, in the Dunn
barton (Scotland) district, recently &C.
casioned some anxiety to number OF
hen keepers. On a thorough search
being made a number OF fowls were
recovered buried In q field. Some
fowls were eaten, and those not re-
CURED for immediate use were hidden.
1t WAS discovered that the cause OF
the trouble was a large black Labra-
dor dog. which has been roaming the
district at will for several weeks.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Delightful and Unpleasant States.

One Of the most delightful states o,
mind to which the average man is sub.
1ect Is uncertainty as to the exact sen.
ument entertained for him by a WON.
an whom he admires, and whom he
knows to like him, but whom he Is
not dead set upon winning for himself
One of the most unpleasant states is
certainty that a woman deeply loves
him when 1t Is inconvenient or impos.
sible for him to reciprocate. Yet often
only a hairs breadth separates these
two sta:es-or only a few minutes In
time.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT.

+. &. Duyic IS. \. l.. Fishman, mo
lion disseminating suit and withdraw
ing notes.
6. Mathewr, IS. His Creditors,
process verbal filed.
r y. Oertling -. Commonwealth
Bonding d c. Co, testimony taken and
sent 70 supreme court
Mrs. J. McCmskey ~. Geo. Me.
Cmskey. exceptions submitted.
A.P. Abascal IS. J. BreauN. rule alb
,Olutc.
Succession OF y. Beninate and wife,
Judgment appointing administrator
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Modern illustrations.

The clergymen who formerly de.
clared to their congregations that we
are standing on the brink of eter'
nifty" had an occasional accident In
the hay fields or At logging bees TO
remind listeners that they were tell
ing them a fearful truth. The modern
clergyman may add: Read tomor'
rows papers II you have any doubts.
Utica Observer.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Fear Always a Handicap.

Fear never did any good to any
body. Even when cause for fear is
real, a man must not give up to it. II
you can just bolster yourself up to the
point OF nerve that will enable you to
master your fears, you will add so
per cent. to your results and a like
percentage to the influence for good
you can bring to your house.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Hish Prices for Gruesome Relics.

Gruesome relics were sold in .
Paris auction room the other day.
One was that OF the petrified body OF
a Patagonian slain in battle several
thousand years ago. The price was
s1,64O. Head OF Indian cut of in bat
tie, 1855; two books. one bound in the
skin of a white woman, the other in
the skin OF a negress. 500.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Order of the Bath.

The Order Of the Bath 10 an Eng.
lish order OF knighthood. traced to
the reign Of Henry w, and consisting
OF three classes. Initiation is proceed
ed by q bath. whence the name, in
token OF the purity required OF the
members by the laws Of chivslry.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Joseph \. Blythe TO Miss MarSaret
Shaw. > lots. Mckinley, Cleveland, +.
3rd and r 9Th streets, $50 cash Pr
waite
Mrs. Henry Roy to Chas. +. Rausch-
kolb. lot. Slidell, Opelousas. Nerret and
T Vallette. $500 cash.-Hennessey.
/ Brown Realty Co, Ltd. TO John Cou'
{ get. lots, Farragut, Shepherd, ~oper'
nicus and Nelson, $3fS terms.-Maho,
tney.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Protectino TELEGRAPH Poles.

To protect telegraph poles from rot
ting In the ground a new French prac
tice is to surround their ends with
sarthware pipes and AL the pipes
with melted resin and sand, which
solidifes and becomes waterproof.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Sized Up.

Crawford-'I never thought him an
educated man, but | see he's just re-
ceiyed an honorary degree from one
of the colleges" Crabshaw-"Oh. he's
probably done something that would
get him a vaudeville engagement
Judge.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Reason for Il.

Grandma-"In my day girls were
more modest and reserved than they
are now" May-"That's because you
were taught that modesty and reserve
were more alluring to the mem
Judge.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Another Way to Prolono Life,

The statement has been made that
life would be prolonged il persons
would acquire the habit OF STOPPING by
the hips, instead of bending the back.
bone.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
PUTTING IL in Another Wav

Macaulay said: You must dig deep
II you would build high" He might
have added: You must live in little
ness IL you would rise to greatness.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
What He Means.

When a man says the world won,
take him at his true value. what he
means is that the world won't accep,
his own exaggerated opinion OF him
self.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
To Heat the Entire Room

A Californian has designed a fre
place that sends out It's heat in all
directions, the chimney being sup
ported above the crate by steel col
umns.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01

Therefore, come what may. hold
fast to love. We win by tenderness,
we conquer by forgiveness.-F. w.
Robertson.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01

No, she wouldn't listen to reason"
said Mrs. Twickembury. She was in
a most indicative mood. Christian
Register
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Part Of LIES Irritations.

Some men apear to enjoy causing
inconvenience because they think they
are such graceful apologizers.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
PLAYS Eayorites.

Opportunity knocks once 81 every
mans door, and even follows some
men cut to the ball park
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-01-01
Algerines at Law.

II. II. and ". w. Thomas vs.. j. c
Matthew's. rule to tax costs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-11
CONTINUED on page 81
GERMANY
fey Karl n. Won Wieoand, United
Press staff Correspondent.


Press staff Correspondent
BERLIN (via The Hague) Dec. n.
Kaiser Wilhelm 10 suffering from
catarrh Of the throat. am able to
make this statement upon the author
Ity oF persons close 20 the court who
arc In a position to know the nature
Of his maJesty's Illness and his pres
ent condition.
The kaiser's illness is due entirely
to exposure while visiting his armies
In the field. He has remained at the
front almost constantly since the
war began and has visited the battle
fields under all conditions, whether
good or bad. Those close to the court
today declared that his repeated
Visits and consequent exposure dur
ino the inciement weather, caused
him to contract cold, resulting in
the present catarrhal infection Of the
throat.
An official statement as to the
kaiser's condition issued today states
that his majesty 10 considerably I'M
proved. This 10 confirmed by my in
formants. The official announce
msnt declares that the eatarrh has
subsided. This kaiser's temperature
10 normal and he was able today to
receive reports from the chief Of the
general staff. The Improvement on
his maJssty's condition set In last
ntol,t and continued today.
d rs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-11
[By William G. Shepherd. Unites
Press STAFF Correspondent

IBv william G. Shepherd. United
Press STAFF CORRESPONDENT
KASHAU, Hungary. Nov. 10.-(By
mail to New York. )-The Austrians
have begun a retirement from
Przemysl. AS left the town three
days ago escorted by Austrian ON
GERS in the Harst back wash OF Aus
trian forces, the Russian right end
was swapping around ,Przemysl like
the tip Of whip around . sapling
We went out in the evening OF NO
yember on train, southhound. on
our train were nineteen Red cross
cars. filed with badly wounded men.
Earlier in the day l had visited the
hospital at Przemysl and had found II
practically emptied, except for q nun
IsdreG Asiatic cholera victims. Our
filed Red Cross trains explained the
empty beds The wounded were be-
ing carried in the retreat
TO our astonishm ent, we found the
Russians were south OF Przemysl. We
got this information in q startling
manner. Our train began to travel
infinitely slow We were ordered to
put out the lights In our compart-
ments. This was at point twenty
miles from Przemysl. When we asked
the reason for the order an ofhcer
told us that a Russian battery In the
hills, two miles away from the rail-
road track, had shelled q train like
ours in the afternoon and had derail-
ed two cars, killing four wounded
men. We were passing through
| hilly farm country; a wet fog hung
over us. When the train came to
/ halt at 10 o'clock in the evening.
/ blasts OF sound from an infantry bat
tery less than two miles away came
to us through the fog over the black
ploughed farms Rifle firing was
plainly heard and now and then the
terrific rattle OF machine guns came
through the fog like rushing walls OF
noise. The firing was parallel to the
track Our train was pitch dark eN-
cept for the Red Cross cars. From
| the ploughing, third of a mile from
! the track. whence we ran during the
! long halt. the better to hear the rifle
| firing, we could look back to the train
| and see only indistinctly in the gloom,
the thin line of light, hundreds OF feet
| long. which was formed by the glare
! from the roof ventilators of the Red
| Cross cars. In these cars 1t was i'm
possible for the nurses to do without
! lamps.
| We should have been travelling at
/ top speed. for there were wounded
! men In the cars behind us who were
! dying for lack of the care that can be
given only in the hospitals Of Vienna
| or Budapest. But We could not speed
| Fo- scores Of miles ahead of us there
were trains like ours back to
Przemysl stretched like string OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-11
Shepherd Describes the Retirement From Prem
ysl When Russians Snap Around Like
Whip Around Sapling.
BY RAILROAD AND BY WAGONS.
Cars Extinguish all Lights While Passing Through
Territory Where Battery is But
Two Miles Away.

trains. For hours we atraveled only
by train length. The block system
did not operate. The necessities or
the retirement were so great that all
system had fallen to pieces. Vixen
the wagon road approached the rail-
road tracks we saw 1t filled with
trains OF two horse wagons-th
wagons were travelling Just - va.
were, one team following another and
all stopping when one did. The yells
and shoutings Of the drivers, the rat
cling OF thousands Of wheels over the
stony roads and the clatter Of horses
hoofs made An Understandable tumult
In the night.
With this maelstrom Of noise on
our right, the sounds OF infantry hg'ht-
ing on our left. behind ~ the silent.
misery laden Red Cross cars, and be-
fore us,& dtmiy seen through the fog.
the wreck OF the train whach had
been struck by Russian shell some
hours before, our retreat from
iPrzemysl was like q fantastic night.
mare in which one must move but
cannot.
Probably the fog saved the long
sting Of trains. In the morning, for
all know, the Russians might have
opened up again on the trains. But 1
don't know. for every Inch we put
behind us sank into the fog of war as
impenetrably as we were hidden in;
the night fog. Even today cannott
learn what happened at Przemysl after.
we left, or how near the Russians hava
got to its forts by this time.
We went only thirty miles in the
first twelve hours and in the morning
the Red Cross nurses put OF. at Its
tie station, the bodies Of three men
who had died in the night.
During the day we travelled as slow
ly as before. In the afternoon our
Red Cross train was given right of
way for FIVE hours and was shifted tn
the down track.
During the day two more men died
seven in all, died during the next
night and saw their bodies carried
from the train on stretchers by Red
Cross men who ordered the soldiers at
the depot to inter them.
We occupied eighty hours in travel
ing 200 miles, and our train was given
special privileges. How many days It
took the ordinary trains to pass from
the danger zone Of Przemysl cannot
be estimated. look back on those
stalled trains Of wounded men with
deeper feelings of pity than have been
stirred by any other sight have wit
messed in Europe. Behind us every
thing was mystery. Przemysl may
still be standing, for all we have learn
ed, or it may have fallen The lash
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-11

United Press Leased Wire Service.I
NEW YORK, Dec. II (11 q. m.) the
interest created by the Falkland ma
val battle and by the German VICTOR
les in Poland distracts attention from
a British success in Asia Minor which
will have far reaching consequences
after the war IS over. Only brief men,
ton has been made of the capture
OF the Turkish town OF Kurna by IN
dian troops, operating under the COM
nand Of English officers. Yet this
unnoticed success gives to Great
Britain control Of the Persian gulf.
one of the rev colonial prizes not an.
nexed by the European powers.
Germany, Russia and England have
all been eager for years to obtain
from Turkey this choice territory.
which was The most flourishing part
OF the ancient Babylonian empire.
where Nebuchadnezzar reigned TWEEN.
ty-five hundred years ago.
Antiquarian interest, however, has
not created international rivalries for
Possession OF the Persian guifs
northern literal Trade interests
and military strategic reasons give 20
babylonia its modern value. -.
Primarily, the same cause that sent
Columbus across the Atlantic ocean
has urged England, Germany and Rus
sla to extend their influence about
the Persian gulf The dest.s 20 short
en- the route to India and the east IN
general is the impelling motive
While trade expaAaion 10 the domi-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-11
CONTINUED on page 81
RUSSIA
[Ey Ed. l. Keen, United Press STAFF

[Ey Ed. L. Keen, United Press staff
Correspondent
LONDON, Dec. ia supreme e.
fort is being made by the Austrians
and Germans to relieve the besieged
fortress Of craeow So important 10
this movement regarded that Arch
Duke Frederick, who has been In com
mand Of the main Austrian army, 10
said to have yielded the direction Of
operations to the German general
staff.
The fighting to the eouth Of cracow
Is developing into one Of the great
battles Of the war. The Austro-Ger-
man forces have made desperate at
ter1pts to break the Russian lire by
massed frontal attacks, pouring men
forward IN seemingly unendins num-
bers. The artillery fire has been ter
rifle. Every indication is that the
German artillery outranges the Rus
sian, but the Russians have held their
lines by the BRAVERY Of the cossacks
fighting on foot.
On the southern front, tho Indiea-
tions are that German cavalry Is en-
deavorlng to get across the passes In
the carpathians to relieve the situa-
tIon In Hungary. Along the Lososlna
river the Russians inflicted terrible
losses upon the Austro-German lnfan-
try,
Petroerad reports today state the
operations Of General Francois to the
north of Warsaw are making little
progress. This thrust Of the Germans
from the east Prussian frontier
through MIawa Is the most threaten
ing development Of the eastern cam
paien, II 10 obvious that the Germans
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-11
Five Hour Battle Before Three Ships Were Sent
to the Bottom by Overwhelming
British Attack
TWO WHO ESCAPED WERE run DOWN
Nunberg and Dresden are Sunk, Leaying Karl
sruhe and Kron Prinz Wilhelm Yet
to be Discovered.

British vessels are in pursuit OF the
Prinz Eitel Frederick
The cruiser Karlsruhe and the con-
verted cruiser Kron Prinz Wilhelm,
which were in this vicinity, have fed.
! The British fleet, according to latest
reports, has captured and sunk the
GOLFERS and supply ships which were
serving these cruisers.
The reports state that there were
several OF these supply ships which
were left exposed and helpless when
the German cruisers fed. Their
crews were taken or and made pris-
oners by the British and the. vessels
were then sent to the bottom.
| II these reports received by wirs-
less are true. It II believed the Karls-
ruhe and Kron Prinx Wilhelm as well
as Prinx Ethel Frederick Nill soon
bo rounded up W tle British
Deprived OF their supply ships. the
cruisers will soon be rendered help
less, owing to a shortage Of coal and
supplies. a. s.ss..s. {
Confirmation OF. reported losses
from tho Falkland islands was impos-
sfble this afternoon The British have
cut all means of Communication from
the islands to-the, continent. &
In the absence Of British reports OF
losses to their fleet it Is believed that
German references to at least three
vessels OF the. enemy having been
sunk, may mean that the Japanese
fleet was actively engaged and that
Japanese instead OF British vessels
were sent to the bottom.
The Achilles and Cochran and Natal
mentioned as assinclnded in the British
feet are sister ships. They have a
displacement Of 1860 tons and an
average speed Of 1916 knots. Their
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-11
WARSAW in DANGER OF CAPTURE
ENGLAND

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
LONDON, Dec. 11.-A complete
sweep Of the Atlantic Of all German
commerce raiders by the first Of the
year Is the task now before the vic
torious fleet of Vice Admiral Sir
Frederick sturdee. 1t Is confidently
believed in England that II will be
successfully accomplished.
AZ the news Of the victory off tho
South American coast has come
plece-meal from the admiralty; all
England now awaits the official an
nouncement that the cruiser Dresden,
the last Of Admiral Won Specs squad
ron, has been sunk. The last report
Of Vice Admiral Sturdee stated that
his ships were pursuing the Dresden.
With the fast cruisers at the COM
mand Of the British naval leader, the
capture or sinking Of the German YES
sci is considered certainty.
AZ yet the people Of England have
not been informed Of the vessels com
prising Vice Admiral Sturdee's fleet.
Newspapers are demanding that the
names be announced.
The raider Karlsruhe, which has
established record second only to
that OF the late Emden, 10 still at
large. She was last reported, however,
In South American waters. with the
Dresden destroyed or captured, 1t ID
believed the British fleet will begin q
systematic combing Of the ocean until
the Karlsruhe Is accounted for.
Vice Admiral sturdee's last report
indicated that the Dresden was cut
OH.
fleet has now undoubtedly spread ou.
over a great area In the ropion Of the
Falkland Islands and by narrowing
the circle about the straits Of Magel
Ian toward which the last official re-
port says the Dresden apparently fied
will speedily place the German ship d
bay. Any one OF tho vessels In thu
British fleet would he match for this
Dresden, which 10 = light cruiser Her
heaviest guns are only Of the four
inch type.
OffciaI details are as yet lacking
but Il is evident from the BRIEF re
ports that the German squadron scat
tered when the British fleet was sight
cd, which accounted for the long run
ming fight Of five hours and the delay
in the announcement that the Nurn
BERG had been SEM to the bottom or
the same day that the Scharnhorst
Gneisenau and Leipzig were sunk
The Nurnberg. II 10 believed, was run
down by one Of the lighter cruisers Of
Vice Admiral Sturdee's fleet and prob
ably sunk miles from where the Other
three were sent to the bottom. The
scharnhoret and Gneisenau evidently
stood up and gave battle to the speedy
battle cruisers under the command Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-11
What the War Moves Mean
By j. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
a9er Of the United Press.

nant cause, the military defense oi
India gives all additional impetus "a
British efforts.
Germany is now constructing a
railway through Asia Minor to the
Persian gulf by means where German
traders eventually expect to domi-
nate eastern commerce. Now, how
ever, the terminal mileage OF the line
at the Persian gulf will have to pass
through British territory for England
will undoubtedly insist on retaining
southern Babyionia IL the allies are
successful at the end Of the war The
most important part therefore Of this
new trade route to the east now
seems destined to become British
To the present the success OF Eng.
lands troops in BabyIonia is the
most important result of Turkeys en-
trance into the war. In fact the fl.
ture value OF the victory after the
war ends is second only to what
would accrue from the capture OF
Constantinople The casualties in the
conquest il wholly out OF proportion
To the result. The entire British
Casualties were one English officer
killed and three wounded and forty
Indians killed and 120 wounded. In
exchange for these losses, England
receives the most valuable territorial
prize the war can give to her. The
entire district England has occupied
i. not as large as Connecticut, but Il
/. one of the few spots on the globe
EnRlishmen want, to round out their
empire.