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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-02-21
Per Capita Tax Approved as Legal.

Mr.. VIM. Lacroix, having writ.
, ten to District Attorney Hunter
inquiring as to the legality of the
per capita tax levied in Grant
parish, has received the follow
ing reply:
Alexandria. La. Feb. H. 1914;
Mr. WIN. Lacroix. colfax. La.
Dear Sir-I regret that l have
not been able before this time to
answer your favor inquiring as
to the legality of the ordinance
of the police jury levying a per
capita tax. Replying, / beg to
advise that in my opinion the fact
that the five mill road tax has
been collected, does not affect
the right of the police jury to
levy per capita tax. Your au-
thority to levy this tax is based
on Article 291 of the Constitu-
ton of this State, which gives
you authority to levy both a per
capita tax and to submit to the
property owners, and with their
approval, levy a five mill tax for
road purposes.
AS to the process of collection,
| beg to say. that in my opinion
you cannot compel a constable to
collect this tax, but this parish
has succeeded in having the con-
stables collect the tax on a per
centage basis. If the constable
declines to act. the jury has the
authority to name any collector
it pleases, on such terms as it
deems proper. The collectors
should report to me at the end of
the year the names of all parties
who fail to work the roads or
pay the tax. and | will prosecute
them in accordance with your or
dinance. If any further infor-
nation is desired | will gladly
furnish it. | am,
Yours truly,
JNo. r. HUNTER,
District Attorney.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-02-21
Regular Church Services for 1914.

Notwithstanding services al
Colfax M. E. Church second and fourth
Sundays IN each month, at ii a. m. ant
I:3o p. m. Sunday school every Sun.
day at $3.50 a. m Prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7:30.
Preaching first and third SUNDAYS ir
each month, in Montgomery, at ii "a.
m. and 7:30 p. n. Sunday school every
Sunday at $50 a. m.
Notwithstanding services in Col
fax Baptist church first and third Sun.
Gays in each month. Sunday School
every Sunday at $50 a. m.
Methodist Protestant-Pr Preaching SER
vices third Sunday in each month at
IL a. m. and 7:3O p. m.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-02-21
Application for Notwithstanding.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant.
18th Judicial District Court.
Succession of j. w. Atwell.

Notice is hereby given that Mrs. E.
A. Atwell has this day filed her ar,pli.
cation for appointment as administr ator
OF the estate of. A. Atwell, decea sed.
:, You are therefore hereby notified to
ME such opposition as you may have
thereto within ten days from date her. =
OF, else she will be appointed as aa-
mlnlstratrix as prayed for.
Witness Honorable w. F. Blackman.
Judge of said court. Given under my
official seal and signature on this the
18th day of February, A. D. 1914.
JAS. J. O'QuINN,
Clerk District Court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-02-21
For the Stomach and Liver.

l. N. Stuart, West Webster, ~ Y,
writes: l have used Chamberlain $
Tablets for disorders of the stomach
and liver off and on for the past five
years, and it affords me pleasure to
state that | have found them to be just
as represented. They are mild in their
action and the results have been salts
factory. value them highly. For
sale by all dealers. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-02-21
Best Treatment for Coustinat;on

My daughter used Chamberlain :
Tablets for constipation with good re.
snits and can recommend them highly,
writes Paul B. Babin, Brushly, La.
For sale by all dealers. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-02-21
By Mr.. Cole


No. 1917. AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance fixing Licenses on trades.
professions, occupations. shows. etc
In the Town of Colfax, La, and fl.
ing penalties, and creating Censor
K to permit licenses to be issued.
Section 1.-Be it ordained, by tn.
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, If tn.
town of Coliax, La. in regular $. ,ssiol
convened, that the following trades,
professions, occupations, shows, stree1
fairs, moving pictures,e shall pay n IL
cense to the town of Colfax, La, for
the year 1914, and thereafter, until re-
voked, as follows to-wit:
Banks ;.......,.......................-...S25 OC
Billiard or pool tables, per table. 10 90
Daroer snops......, ...-.........-..-.. 2 g
Boarding houses, II rooms and
under Is rooms ....... liz a.
Boarding houses, 8 rooms and un-
der u rooms ,....,.......-........... 10 90
Boarding houses, rooms and un-
der rooms ,..:.s,.-.... 5 90
Butcher shops and meat markets 5 co
Diacksmiths ...-..........-.........-... 2 so
Mneeirlghts .-....;.,,,.................. 2 so
Blacksmiths and wbeelrichts O0I
Cold or hot drink stands .... s col
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-02-21
.0LDS & LaGRIPPE

5 or 6 doses 668 will break
any case OF Chills & Fever, Colds
q LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does not
sripe or sicken. Price Csc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-02-21

have entirely too goods for this
selling staples
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02

with a holdup?
THE fellow searched US. And
mind you, before he had told us
to walk ahead of him across Ehr-
Itch creek he had taken a razor
from me and l don't know what
from Tony. We started down the
track. Not that way he shout
ed, turn to your left and hurry.
he said. We turned toward the
creek and along the bank until
we struck the crossing place, a
log jam. We climbed over fallen
timber to a spot about twenty
yards from the far bank of the
creek and Jumped into a natural
hole made by three logs that had
fallen.
Then he tod us to turn our
backs. l thought the man want
ed a chance to run. He knocked
me down. ! raised up. He said.
oh, you're not dead yet, are
YOU? heard a shot and Tony
fell beside me. He struck me
again. still had my hands W"
DR.. II. l.. Miller says Freeman
was shot when he says he was
struck the second time.
Freeman has been shown the
picture of Hopkins several times.
That's the man. that's the
man." he has declared repeated
ly,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
TATTOO Thug
IS THE Man

M'MURRAY, April John
Freeman today identified by de-
scription the razor found on
Charles Hopkins. the tattooed
bandit, as the one taken from
him last Saturday night when
Tony Olson was shot and killed
and he was beaten and then shot
and seriously wounded by a ban
dit on the Northern Pacific tracks
short distance from here. For
the first time Freeman had re-
covered sufficiently to tell of the
meeting with the bandit.
"The coward!" Freeman ex-
claimed during one OF his lucid
intervals. "He told us to turn
about with our backs to him and
then he killed Tony and he struck
me on the back Of the head"
Freeman does not know that he
was shot when he turned his
back. He Is subject to long per-
iods of semi-consciousness as the
result of the bullet in his neck.
THE two of u.s." he said In
the McMurray hospital, were
walking toward McMurray from
Sedro-Woolley when this man
stuck a gun in our faces and
told us to put our hands up.
"Of course we did It. We did
not have more than As cents be-
tween us. Why should we argue
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
REDF|ELD IS A
REAL BOOSTER
FOR BUSINESS

Secretary w. c. Redfield of the
commerce department of the cab
met proved an interesting speak
er in the two banquets given him
in Tacoma Wednesday afternoon
and evening.
At the democratic banquet in
the afternoon he discussed the
merchant marine, showing how
the Civil war knocked the ship
ping of America in the head and
the nation has never been able to
regain its prestige on the seas.
He predicted, however, that
America would come to the front
again and once more become the
maritime power of the world.
At the banquet last evening the
secretary was much pleased to
find the women present as vot-
ers. He did not say he was for
women suffrage but he cheered
when other speakers did.
He spoke optimistically Of the
future and predicted that Puget
Sound would grab the business
of Asia and South America as
we'll as Alaska.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
c. w. Billings,
Pioneer, Dies

Charles w. Billings, president
of the Western Banknote COM
pany, a pioneer resident of Taco
ma and a member of the Typo
graphical union, died last night at
his home, 1916 North l street.
Mr.. Billings had suffered from
diabetes. He had also been prac-
tically blind for several years,
owing to eye-strain in his print
ing work. Besides his widow he
leaves a son, Donald X. Billings,
and two daughters, Kate A. and
Marion F. Billings. Funeral FRI
day, Q o'clock, from Hoska- Buck
ley-King company's. Interment,
Tacoma cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
Bar Treating

OROVILLE, CAL, April 2. -
There will be no cigars and no
drinks-soft or hard-for men
voters, nor candy nor chewing
gum for women voters, II the
Butte county democratic central
committee has its way.
In a resolution passed at to-
days meeting of that committee
all the time-honor practices of
campaigning were placed under
the ban. kissing the babies is
only one left among the customs
found effective in past years as
a means of winning votes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
SIT UP STRAIGHT IS THE
NEWEST MOVEMENT NOW

league, which will work to secure
hygienically shaped coats and
jackets as well as properly con-
structed chairs and desks.
"A child cannot achieve pro-
per chest development" says q
bulletin issued today, while the
shape of his school seat and his
coat force him for many hours
each day into faulty attitudes.
Round shoulders are to be eX-
pected on a child whose clothing
is supported without proper re-
gard for the anatomy and me-
chanics of the shoulders"
The league was, founded by
Miss Jessie H. Bancroft, assistant
director of physical training in
the cit yschools.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
WIFE ARRESTED FOR
BEATING HER HUSBAND

SHARON, Pa, April flames
Bach, an able-bodied citizen, caus-
ed the arrest of his wife last
night for beating him. Bach said
his wife habitually chastised him
and he could stand 1t no longer.
In support of his statement the
husband showed bruises from
head to foot. Mrs. Bach admit
ted she had inflicted them. When
the case was heard she was charg-
ed with being an habitual hus-
band beater. She proved, how
ever, to the satisfaction Of the
court that she frequently was
justified in administering corpor-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02

NEW YORK, April 2.-The
American Posture league. an Or
ganization to prevent round
shoulders and aching spines, was
incorporated today at Albany. 1t
will be national in its work.
The leagues staff is already
assisting the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit company to determine
the kind Of seats 1t should have
in its new subway cars, and it is
in touch with labor associations,
motormen. shop girls and factory
workers, to whom 1t issues bulle-
tins illustrating correct and in
correct attitudes for work and
rest.
Ones clothes are an important
cause of bad postures, says the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
LARGEST INCOME

CHICAGO. April 2.--Julius
Rosenwald, president OF a mail
order house, will pay the biggest
income tax OF anyone in Chicago.
His statement shows an income of
100000 for the last ten
months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
WALKING ARSENAL

Learning that william Watson,
the Mexican arrested at Centralia,
was not one OF the Elma bank
robbers, but was wanted for rob-
bling a hardware store In Mo-
Kenna. the Centralia officers
have sent their prisoner to Taco
ma to await trial. Watson was
a walking arsenal, carrying three
guns, billies and all manner Of
weapons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
READY FOR Dam

Everything II In readiness for
the construction of the dam
southeast Of Auburn, according
to Engineer Roberts, in charge
of the river improvement work.
Bids will be opened within two
weeks, and the dam will cost
about 100000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02

al punishment to her husband
and was let off with the payment
Of costs. Mrs. Bach said her hus-
band has no business to come
home drunk and IL he does he
must expect a thrashing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
Election Carries

CENTRALIA, April 2. = At a
special election today, the propos-
al to issue $118,000 In bonds to
take up like amount of out
standing warrants carried by a
vote of 635 to 361.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
IS NOT CANDIDATE

WASHINGTON. April I'm
migration Commissioner Can't
netti has declined to run for gov
ernor on the democratic ticket in
California.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
LOSES POS1OFFICE

NORFOLK, Va, April Miss
Matte Tyler, for IL years post
mistress at CORTLAND, Va, gave
up her office to b. A. Williams
Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
Piles Quickly
Cured at Home
Instant Relief. Permanent Cure -
Trial Package Mailed Free 10
All in Plain Wrapper.

Many cases of Piles have been
cured by a trial package Of Pyra-
mid Pile Remedy without further
treatment. When 1t proves It's val
ne to you, get more from your drug
gist at SOC box, and be sure you
get the kind you ask for. Simply
fill out free coupon below and mail
today. Save yourself from the sur
geon's knife and its torture, the
doctor and his bills.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
WANT MONEY BACK

The Colonial Gardens company
has sued to recover the liquor tax
paid to Uncle Sam under protest
when charged with selling liquor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
ANY SUGGESTION

II you have any suggestion
that you think practical for the
improvement of the parcel post.
the department asks you to send
II to Postmaster Stocking.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
SOME SUN-SPOT

WASHINGTON, April AS
trenemers yesterday discovered a
large group of sun spots about
5000 miles long.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
COPS MUST SWIM

NEW YORK, April ALI
New York policemen must here
after know how to swim and res
cue drowning persons, by order
of Commissic ner Mckay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02
DENoUNCE PROHIBITION.

DENOUNCE PIEtJHIBII10N.
SEATTLE, April 1.-The Gen.
trail Labor Council, after q two
hours argument last night. voted
to condemn the congressional
bills proposing national prohibit
ton In the United States.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02

"Swap" ads, 10 words B times
10 cents. See Want Ad page. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-02

These attractive Vanity Purses are German sill
yer, made from heavy stock in either the natural
silver OF in gold plate on German silver. They
are made in the solid gold model. There is a
good range Of designs in the engraving which is
the highest grade of work.
Inside the case is a neat powder and puff COM
partment, enclosed card holder, memo pad, ex-
ira large mirror, enclosed coin holder. The
handles to match are soldered link CT 90
chains, 81. SO and $3.50 values. Special PA'AC
Evening star., 1914-12-27

try, in Connecticut and Indiana, in Ohio
and Pennsylvania, men sit at delicately
attuned wireless receivers, fingers on
recording devices. catching the pulsa-
tions of the master clock as Arlington
transmits them. Schoolboys. of scien-
tific turn of mind, sit likewise at theiI
improvised radio receiving sets. Scien.
lists in university observatories' also
have their receiving sets, and listen for
the signals
For, as has been said, time is cheaper
now than ever before. Any one within
the radius of the Arlington station can
have standard time for the mere set
ting up of receiving set, and that il
quite cheap nowadays.
No less than Seventy-fiye w:4tri, ;.n4
clock manufacturing plants have in
stalled wireless apparatus, some very
elaborate in character, for the purpose
of getting standard time with the mini
mum of lag that the wireless give.
How many amateur plants, scientific
laboratories and private institution,
grab the time from the atmosphere no
one knows. And the ships at sea thas
make use of the service are unnum-
bered.
New Year eve most of those possess
ing wireless will sit up to catch tn,
New Year signal, sent as the reguIa-
signals are sent Free to all the worl =
it can reach will go this signal, a serv-
ice and a national blessing, bringing
sharply into notice the fact that thu
is the one great nation at peace ans
free to serve all nations.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

data from such and such s nation be
cause our nation is at war with it.
You, however. being neutral. can. win
you not please get that nation to give
YOU the data and slip them over tc
us?' This is the tenor of the communi-
cations that are coming in.
But this is getting away from the
subject OF the international hour,
which is the main purpose of this ar
ticle. The international hour be it
known, is a plan for having the clNl-
lized nations of the world join togeth-
er for the interchange of radio time
signals for the purpose of standardia-
ing time over the entire globe. Such Z
system would permit the work of each
time-recording observatory, such as the
Washington Naval Observatory and the
Paris observatory and the Potsdam OBJ
Servatory to check on one another.
Further, it would insure ships possess
ing wireless equipment, wherever they
might be. being enabled to pick up
some time signal, manifest benefit as
check on Il chronometer that might
have grown woo2y.
AT the instance of France the fol-
lowing nations sent delegates to a
conference, known variously as the
international time conference and the
in October, 1912: The United States
Great Britain, France, Germany. Bel
gium, Italy. Austria, Servia. Russia,
Spain, Denmark, Greece, Monaco, Por-
=
Liberia. Mexico, Guatemala. Nicaragua.
Cuba, Argentina. Brazil. Chile and Uru-
quay. The American delegates were
Commander H. II. Hough, L. $. N, ma
val attache at Paris, and Professor A.
Hall. L. S. N, of the Naval observatory
staff.
Again in October. 1913, the confer
ence met. Not yet. however, has it's
work been completed. There are two
reasons-oc.r the insistence of the
United State that il, as the pioneer in
the transmission of radio signals,
should not be curtailed in it's opera
tiops in that direction. as the confer
ence proposed: that it should send its
signals as it had always sent them
and not in new fashion devised by
the conference. And the second reason
was that the nations nave not yet
adopted as formal treaties the provi-
s;or agreed on by the conference All
the international hour to become /:
reality when war came. Nothing more
can be done Until it is over and peace
has been established. Then the scien-
lists will patiently take up the work
again.
But one useful and unexpected Dene-
fit dowed from The conference. THAT
was the reduction by radio of the OBJ
ServationS for the direct discrimination
of the difference of longitude between
Washington and Paris. The work was
accomplished last winter. Independent
observations were made by the United
Evening star., 1914-12-27

States and French governments. each
haVlng two parties. which inter
changed stations at the middle OF the
observations. one at the United States
Naval observatory and the other at
the Observatoire' de Paris using the
naval radio station at Arlington IRA =
dio. Ea.) and the Eiffel tower, rcspec-
lively. for radio transmission.
1t was determined that the exact diff
ference of longitude between the Off
cial meridians of Washington and Par
is was hours II minutes and 36.65S
seconds. These observations constitute
the first direct determination of the
difference of longitude between Wash
ington and Europe. and it is the first
time that radio has been used for
transatlantic longitude determination.
But what is the use of all this?
Because the exact determi- alton of
the longitude of any place as related
to another fixed noint is of the highest
Importance. Most of the world uses
Greenwich. England. as the fixed ini-
tia1 longitude
:.
a longitude of Washington from which
to reckon. but as you will learn at the
Naval Observatory, official recognition
by this government never was given to
any particular spot in the District of
II ioiii " hiSii ~ peell ITdUl-
tion has placed the starting point vari-
ously at the center of the District and
at the dome of the Capitol. The Naval
Observatory in it's calculations OBJ
serves the latitude of the observatory
on Georgetown Heights.
Paris long ago determined her exact
position In relation to Greenwich. Now
that Washington his determined her
exact longitude with relation to Paris.
and is thus corrected with Europe. the
remainder of the calculations as to Eu-
ro"ean points is not difficult.
Exactness in este blishirg longitudinal
of time and also for the establish ment
OF geographical lines. Boundaries of
states frequently are defined on such
lines.
Pending the arrivSl of the interna-
tional hour the United States continues
to send ont its daily time signals by
radio. 1t is understood that the Euro
pean countries which had followed the
United States in this work have been
compelled to cease. But the America n
service reaches very considera BILE
section of the world.
It can be said truthfulIy that Uncle
Sam. by his radio time service has
made time cheaper than it ever was be-
fore. That statement is going to take
some evplaininE.
To begin with. assuming that you. are
= reader of recent fiction. in which the
giant radio plant at Arlington, or more
properly. Radio, Va. plays part, YOU
Of your head. The Naval Observatory
Evening star., 1914-12-27
The Regiments Bad Men.

zen. FRANKS. a leader of many
dashing charge In India. held
unique position among his soldie
They loved him for his courage,
were sometimes irritated by his stri,
ness. Yet in spite of this exactir
severity, he was Unexpectedly lenie
when u large occasion demanded it.
One day. when the regiment was 81
ing blank bullet whistled by him
He did not stop the firing, but when
the number of rounds ordered had been
completed he rode up to the line and
said:
Boys, there's a bad shot in the 10th.
He nearly shot my trumpeter, and
what should / have said to the boy'-
mother? 1 don't want to know the
blackguard's name. The officers viii
not examine the mems pouches"
This was on the eve of campaign
and before action the senior major cam
to him and said: Don't put yourself il
front of the regiment tomorrow, sir
You know there are always one or two
bad men in a regiment"
Thank you, ma jor," was the reply
Its very kind of you. 1 might hav
given you a step"
When the 10th was drawn up for tho
final advance he put himself at its
head. and called:
Boys, I'm tould we name to shoot me
today. Take my advice and don't shoot
Tom Franks until the fighting's done
for We won't find a better man to lad
ye"
The regiment answered with a cheer
and carried the Sikh batteries with the
bayonet. rather than run the risk OF
shooting the beloved old fire eater at
their head.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
NAA1 OBSERVATORY SHOWING


the measurement of time. The POSI-
tions of certain stars are accurately
known. The job consists primarily
in observing the meridian transits of
these stars. and comparing them with
a standard clock keeping what is
known as sidereal time, or time OBJ
tained from the stars.
The observer sits with his eye glued
to his transit instrument, his hand OH
u telegraph key.
*
::
The wire is connected with chrono-
graph, which also is connected with
the standard clock. The chronograph
is wound with u strip of paper and Il
fountain pen affixed to it, the pen
making horizontal mark as the drum
revolves. At each tick of the clock