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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
ANOTHER ST. LOUIS HORROR
Wall Of Burned Club House coIIapses
on Another Building, Kills Many.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
st. Louis.-The bodies of three work
men were taken from the ruins of the
st. Louis Seed Company building,
wrecked Tuesday when a wall of the
burned Missouri Athletic Club COL
lapsed and crushed the four-story struc-
ture. Fifteen others have not been
accounted for, and 10 persons were
taken from the building injured.
The walls of the club house which
was destroyed by fire, in which 80 per-
sons lost their lives a week ago, COL
lapsed under high wind. and crashed
through four-story building occupied
by the st. Louis Seed Company.
The wall. which stood seven stories
high, crumbled when a 35-mile wind
veered to the northwest A few min
utes before the collapse Building Com
missioner McKelvay, who was direct
Ing 10 men in the work of exploring
the ruins of the Missouri Athletic Club,
feared the wall would fall, and order
ed his men out of the debris.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
TWO MONROE CITIZENS DEAD
Unexpected Demise of Uriah n. Mill.
saps and John s. Handy.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Monroe.-The announcement Of the
sudden and unexpected deaths of
Uriah II. Millsaps and John S. Handy,
two of the wealthiest and most promi-
nent citizens of Ouachita parish,
came as a great surprise and shock
to the community. Out of respect to
their memory two banks and several
Of the city's leading business establish
ments were closed for the day. show
ing the large financial connections OF
the two men. The death of Mr.. MILL
saps occurred at 12:45 O'Clock Satur-
day morning. He had been in i'll
health since September and his condi
ton took a sudden turn for the worst
late Friday. ..-... -'..
Mr.. Handy's death was. without
warning and came. at $50 o'clock
Saturday morning. He spent Friday
in Ruston and when he retired seem
ed to be enjoying his usual health.
Messrs. Millsaps and Handy controlled
large financial interests and we're
rated among the cfty's wealthiest
men. Mr.. Millsaps was rated as be-
ing worth nearly half a, million dol.
lars while Mr.. Handy's fortune is not
quite 60 great.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
TO RUN RAILROAD
TO new OIL LANDS
NEW LINE CHARTERED TO, CON-
Meet WITH LOG TRAM
FROM MANSFIELD.

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Western Newspaper Union Ncws,serv'ce.
Mansfield,-The transportation PROS
lem to the DE, Soto ON field has, been
solved. just before rbrr was foupd
near Mansfield the Frost-Johnson
Lumber Company had procured the
right of way for it's tram road from
It's saw mill here to the oil field, and
when oil was discovered it rushed
work on the line. When it reached
Naborton and tried to build the, road
on to the oil field the Nabors inter-
ests found that the road did not have
the right of way through a forty-acre
tract of land belonging to John II.
Nabors.
The Frost-Johnson people were en-
joined from passing over the J. II.
Nabors land, and as they were not a
chartered railroad they could not con-
denim the right of way.
A new railroad has been chartered
to build a line from Naborton on
through the oil field. This road will
run its trains over the Frost-Johnson
tram to Mansfield, and the depot, in.
stead of being at Naborton, will be
several miles beyond and a town will
be built at that point. The tram road
having no right to build and manipu-
late depots, etc, will not stop at Ma
borton except to load logs. The charter
of this new railroad has been PREF
pared, all of the. stock taken and the
work of building will begin at once
and will be completed in about. two
weeks. ..
The new town will be the first regu.
lar depot from Mansfield and the only
shipping point in the oil field. Ma
borton, which is a new town, built
when the oil boom and the enjoined
railroad started, will be practically
isolated as a result of the injunction
and the chartering of a new line.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
CLOSE CALLS IN
MILWAUKEE, FIRE
EVENING WISCONSIN, HOTEL
WINDSOR AND WESTERN NEWS
PAPER UNION WERE BURNED.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Fire which de-
stroyed the job printing department Of
the Evening Wisconsin, the offices Of
the Western Newspaper Union and the
Windsor hotel Thursday morning caus-
ed loss of s35O,O0O. At first it was
feared that a score of guests had been
trapped on the top floor of the hotel,
but at 3 o'clock Fire Chief Thomas A.
Clancey announced that all the guests
had been rescued.
The cause of the fire is not known.
1t was at first noticed by policeman,
who after turning in an alarm, rushed
into the hotel and rescued guests on
the second and third floors. He was
unable to get to the fourth and top
floor because of the smoke.
The elevator carried down as many
as possible until the operator was COM
PEELED to flee.
About 40 guests are said to have
been registered at the Windsor Hotel.
Shortly after the alarm was given
guests rushed down the steps and
into the streets dressed only in night
clothing and sought refuge in the
Shubert theater.
The hotel was four-story structure.
The building was equipped with fire
ropes front and rear so that any one
being caught on the top floor could
escape.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28

JEALOUS MAN
SHOOTS A. WGM.AN
TRAGEDY IN BATON ROUGE MAY
END IN A MURpER
CHARGE.

"est"rn Newspaper Union News Service
Eaton ROuge.-Crazed by jealousy
and drink, Edd e Acosta. formerly head
timekeeper for the Standard Oil. shot
and probably fatally wounded Louise
Bridges, keeper of a resort on Plum
Street, in front of her house Thursday
morning. After shooting the woman.
Acosta saw that she was carried into
her house and then telephoned Chief
of Police Huyck to come for him. He
was lodged in the parish jail The
woman was taken to the sanitarium.
where an operation was performed. 1t
appears that ACosta, after a night of
dissipation, saw the woman walking
with another man in front of her
house and Immediately fired at her
back, the shot taking effect in the
shoulder. AS the woman reeled he
fired again, the bullet passing through
the stomach. The man who was with
the wounded woman wrenched the re-
volver from Acosta's hand. 1t is be-
lived that the shot in the stomach
will prove fatal =,
. Il was drunk and didn't know what
| was doing" said Acosta. Il have been
living with the woman for six years,
and we always got along all right. It
was all an accident" Acosta denied
that he had shot the woman from the
back. He said. that he remembered
none of the details of the accident.
Acosta is apparently about % years
Of age. He came to Baton Rouge six
years ago from New Orleans. He has
held various positions of responsibility,
and was for three years head time.
keeper at the Standard Oil plant. No
charge has been made against him
yet, but If the woman dies he will
be indicted for murder.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
LOSES AN OIL LAND SUIT
Ownership of Soda Lake Bed Decided
Against J. 3. SIattery.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Shreveport.-District Judge T. F.
Bell has decided for the defendant the
suit of j. B. Slattery against the Ark.
ansas Natural Gas Company, lessees of
about 200 acres of land belonging to
the Caddo Levee Board located in the
bed of Soda Lake, Caddo oil field. Mr..
Slattery, of Shreveport, claimed own
ership of the bed of Soda Lake under
patent from the Federal government,
claiming that the patent was governed
by the common law as it existed in
1910, also that II the state was owner
he acquired title through accretion
Judge Bell decided that the state, and
not the United States, owned the lake
bed. through its sovereign; also that
plaintiff acquired nothing through
accretion
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
KELLEY PLANNED
A REVOLUTION
UNEMPLOYED ARMIES WE'RE TO
SEIZE THE FEDERAL GOVERN
MENT AT WASHINGTON.
BY HALF A MILLION MEn
Would Have Seized Rock Island Arse
MI and Then Marched on Ma
tional Capital.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

''S''ah -N'NNpVi''I I nun .N'Ns
Sacramento, Calm n report to the
War Department in Washington, Ad-
jutant General Forbes of the National
Guard Of California, has given official
cognizance to an alleged plan of Gen
eral" Kelly's army to seize the federal
arsenal at Rock Island, ILL.,, in order
10 equip 100000 men for a revolution
against the government.
General Forbes report is based on
one made to him by Lieut.. Franklin
Grimes of a Sacrameto company OF
the state guard, who joined kelly's
army and acted as a spy.
Lieutenant Grimes related how he
gained the confidence of the leaders,
who divulged their plan for capturing
the United States government. There
was to be a gathering of many arm
les" at Chicago, according to Grimes.
The leaders, according to the militia
spy, believed they could assemble 500.-
900 men there. Then, moving in force,
they would attack and capture the
Rock Island arsenal.
Railroads out of Chicago would be
commandeered, said the lieutenant, and
the unemployed force, well armed,
would be rushed toward Washington,
where it would have the federal gov
ernment at its mercy.
The plan was to spread a nation
wide rebellion of workingmen against
employees of labor, which would depose
all civil and military authorities and
install the armies leaders as supreme.
Grimes declared his informants as
serted the movement was being con-
Quoted from the East and that Kel-
iy's force was but a small unit in the
whole. Among other statements was
one that the leaders were relying for
support on a large Canadian contin-
gent.
General" Charles Kelly's unemploy-
ed army, which began its march on
Washington, d. c., 1900 strong from
San Francisco ten days ago, has been
dispersed. Only handful of irrecon-
cilables remained in the camp in Yolo
levee. to which the army was driven
last week by Sacramento deputies.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
To Suspend Rate Alliances.

shreveport.-Tbe, traffic department
OF the Chamber of Commerce is in re-
ceipt of petition filed with the Inter.
state Commerce Commission by Shell
by Taylor, chairman: b A. Bridges
and John r. Michel. constituting the
railroad commission of Louisiana,
through W. M Barrow. assistant at
torney general and special counsel
for the railroad commission asks the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
suspend certain Of Agents Leland,
WashbuTn, Ryan and Sedgmans tariffs
naming Wholesale advances in class
and commodity rates to. Shreveport,
Monroe, Alexandra, Lake Charles, La.
fayette and practically !sM. poihts Tin
Louisiana west of the Mississippi
river until such time as the Interstate
Commerce Commission. may investi.
gate reaeonableness OF the advances
which the railroads have made in their
rates.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Serious Automobile Accident.

Shreveport.-The bursting of a tire
caused an automobile in which they
were riding to be overturned on a high
embankment on the Shreveport Reisor
road. several miles south of here, re-
sulting in the serious injury of Mrs.
J. c. Reynolds and the severe injury
OF her husband, who was driving the
car. Mrs. Reynolds sustained frac-
lures of both hips and internal m
iuries and is in a precarious condi-
ton. Near where this accident oc-
CURED an automobile party was pitch
ed over the embankmept several
months ago, causing one fatality. =. -.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Fiscal AGENCY Chances.

Baton Rouge.-When the State
Board Of Liquidation meets, April II,
to let the contract for the fiscal
agency banks there is likely to be
change. The fiscal agency banks now
are the New Orleans National Bank,
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
and Whitney-Central National Bank,
all of New Orleans. To these one
half of the state funds go. The fiscal
agenc- banks in the country parishes
are Bank of Assumption, Napoleon
Vile; State National Bank. Iberia;
First National Bank, Shreveport;
Commercial National Bank, Shreve
port; Central Savings Bank and Trust
Company, Monroe; Ruston State.
Bank, Ruston; louisiana National
Bank, Baton Rouge; Bank Of Baton
Rouge; Rapides BarH. Alexandria; !.
Union Bank and Trsst Company, 'Ope-
lOusas. ..;-. - 80!
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
FiIibusters Becoming Active

Douglas, Ariz.-Ives Lelivier, Consti.
tutionalist representative here, wired
to the State Department at Washing
ton. insisting that neutrality laws be
rigidly enforced on the border. Leli.
vier said Mexican Federal sympathiz-
ers had organized filibustering bands
on the American side and had invaded
Constitutionalist territory with the OBJ
ject of destroying lives and property.
To keep the bands in check, he said
the rebels were required to maintain
large forces needed elsewhere.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
YOUTHFUL BANDIT
slain BY POSSE
ROBBED BANK OF NEWALIA OF
$500 AND WAS PURSUED TO
HIS DEATH.
Western Newspaper Uuion New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Oklahoma City.-Four hours after
Joseph Agnes Patterson, % years of
age, and former Newalla youth, held
up the cashier, Bert Bradley, and rob
bed the State Bank of Newalla, 10
miles east of Oklahoma. City, of $500,
he was surrounded by a posse of be
tween so and 40 men, two miles east
and one mile north of Newalla and
killed. The money was not recovered
SO being found in the clothing of the
robber. Patterson shot and wounded
four members of the posse in the run
ming fight.
Chief of Police Charles Hawk of
Shawnee was shot in the lung and
hand. Deputy Sheriff Frank Timmins
of Shawnee was shot in the arm, a
bullet grazed the head of Jerry Spann,
night chief of police of Shawnee, and
H. NJ. Hulse, a farmer living near New
ALA, was shot in the leg. 1t was feared
at first that the injuries of Hawk
might prove fatal, but later it was an
nounced he would recover.
The youthful bandit who was born
ard reared at Newalla, but had been
away for three years working as a
railroad telegrapher, entered the bank,
forced the cashier, the only person
present, into the vault and gathered
up the loose cash. The cashier escap.
ed in five minutes and spread the
alarm.
A note found in the pocket of Pat
terson, read:
This is the day; IL am successful
and l feel | shall be, that l will 60 to
her."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
BRIDGE ACROSS :
THE MISSISSIPPI;
PRELIMINARY PLANS FOP FINAN
cling SS,ooo,Ooo STRUCTURE
AT NEW ORLEANS.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
y, y Orlcans.-Prelimina plans foil
financing a $6.0CO0p0 bridge acrosI
me Mississippi at New Orleans havdl
made SUFFICIENT progress To insure sucli
cess, according to Arthur NcGuirkE
New Orleans attorney, who returnedI
from New York. Mr.. MCGuirk wenll
TO New York for the Dock Board tcl
| handle legal details connected with
the issuance and transfer of the 49,
ooo.O"O of cotton warehouse bonds rel
Gently sold by the board While iriI
New York he took up with financiers:!
and engineers the bridge project. Rel
turned home, he says the project isl
ieaSible from a structural and finan
cial standpoint. and will be putt
through. 4
Mr.. McGUirk proposes to have theI
bridge publicly owned and publicly
operated. He suggests that it should
be handled Jointly by the Dock Board
and Public Belt Commissions. lie saysi
that New, Orleans, traffic would easilyl
support it, No trouble will be ex-l
.perieneed in getting the money neces-
sary to finance the bridge he said A
bond Issue handled much as Dock
Hoard issues have been handled would
readily sell. he believes.
+ The plan is to build the bridge in
the upper section of the city. Pre-
tIminary plans call for a structure six
and one-half miles long. including ap-
proa'hes. The total length of the
steel structure would be two and one
tenth miles. The length of the main
channel span would be LOGS feet:
length of shore spans COZ feet: total
length of main span $3.50 feet: ex-
treme height of towers above clear
l16 feet; clear height. Of span above
high water So feet; range between
low and high water 10 feet: depth at
low water 100 feet: depth of founda-
tions below river bed 20 feet: total
height of structure $50 feet.
Il have a letter from Col. Elmer
l.. Corthell of st. Louis, who helped to
build the Eads bridge at st. Louis,
and assisted likewise in the ietties.
approving the project and pronounc.
ing it feasible both from an engineer
ing and financial standpoint" Mr.. Nc
Guirk said. He expressed regret that
there is tendency to build a bridge
at point above New Orleans. Such
a step would work. harm to the port
Of New Orleans.
THE structure could be finished
within five years from the time work
began. AS far as feasibility from a
financial standpoint goes. st. Louis
supports three bridges and is plan
ming fourth; Memphis has supported
one so well a second is in contempla-
ton. New Orleans can certainly sup
port one"'
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
No EVIDENCE OF
CORRUPTION FUND
srNkTE LOBBY COMMITTEE CON.
QUOTING AN INVESTIGATION
OF CHARGES.
PRISON LABOR CONTRACTORS
Aueoed TO Have Used S50,ooo Fund 70
Defeat Pending Hughes
Bill.
v..,.r, Newspaper Union News Service.

Western NtNsphpNA hs'u .NtWS NfINiFt
Washington.-"There is no evidence
here Of any $4,000 fund.-" said Senator
()yerman, chairman of the Senate Lob
ty Committee, at the conclusion of the
cu5mittee's investigation of reports
nat such a sum was being used in
Washington by representatives of
wison labor contractors to defeat the
pending Hughes bill to restrict mar
ietng of convict made goods.
The chairman's remarks, which ap-
nrently closed this latest pha.e OF the
committee's inquiries, was addressed
TO Edward Boyle, Chicago attorney
md formerly treasurer of the National
Conference of Charities and Correc-
Cons, who has opposed so-calied anti
unvict labor legislation for years as
nal representative of a group of
nanufacturers having prison labor
entracts.
z Stagg Whiten, an Instructor of
cbumbia University and chairman of
he Executive Committee of the Ma
tbnal Committee on Prison Labor, was
be only witness who had been sub
posnaed besides Boyle. He spoke of
neeting Boyle at a meeting of the
National Conference of Charities and
directions and said Emery Lyons.
secretary Of the Central Howard AS
pciation Of Chicago had told him on
~ occasion that prison contractors
vsrs raising fund of "a dollar a year
~ convict" to defeat national anti
unvict labor legislation. Boyle had
hter confirmed this in substance, he
nid.
Whiten also asserted that at a hear
hg before house committee in 1910
q . similar bill Frederick P. Mills,
tasurer of the American Prison AS
ncaton, had first favored the meas
" and then went to pieces in his
'simony after a conversation with
hle"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
SIS, 900 Fire at Monroe.

Monroe-Fanned by a high wind.
fire here Tuesday destroyed the Mon.
roe Molasses, Company's plant, .2s
dwellings, Il freight cars. 1e of which
were loaded, with dressed lumber,
and about 1000 feet of track, property
of the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern railroad. The loss is esti-
matted at $4,000. partly covered by
insurance. The flames started in the
molasses plant. from a cause not de.
termined. Through service on the
Louisiana division was interrupted.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
llsTERMEN ON VERGE OF WAR
ne British Government Disposes Its
Troops to Prepare for Emergency.

sW'm Newspaper Union cpws Service.
london.-"War in Ulster" is the
nnling headline sensational London
Rsspapers are displaying in the black
4 type.
me government began to dispose
10 regular troops in Ireland. SO
~ may be in position to deal with
~ situation that arises. The army
sncil some time ago considered the
aollities Of home rule strife and in
eted Lieutenant General Sir Ar
2 Henry Fitzroy Paget, who COM
ds me Irish garrison, to take nee
~ Precautions to maintain order
nieguard property. A general re-
intuition of forces in Ireland there
vas begun.
W regiments were sent from the
~ 70 reinforce the Ulster garrisons
ne troops in Ulster were moved
=" Stations in conformity with the
mat in the event Of trouble
NE will not have to encounter
s With whom they had formed
.alps. Some Irish recruits were
nom the Armagh recruiting sta
% England.
- Possibilities Of a collision be-
y British soldiers and Ulster vol
resulting from the superheat-
nucal feeling, are recognized. but
on both sides are trying to ex.
neific Influence. John Redmond,
.iist leader in Parliament. tele-
Nationalists in Belfast an ur.
vpeal to abandon a parade ar
nor Sunday in Londonderry.
Twas thought likely would re-
Noting. Sir Edward Carson.
USER leader, and members of the
council, invoked calmness ON
~ OF the volunteers.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
counterfeitina Villas Money.

FL Paso. Textile continued issu.
ing of counterfeit Villa paper currency
in the United States resulted in agents
OF the chihuahua rebels accosting an
American in a hotel lobby here, accus.
ing him of having in his possession
100000 pesos counterfeit money.
They were told to mind their own
business" The incident raised a ques,
ton as 10 whether the possession or
even manufacture Of Mexican fiat cur.
rency was Illegal in the United States.
Great quantities are in. circulation.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
To Norfolk for Alleged DefauIter.

Baton Rotge.-Deputy Sheriff J.
Hopkins left for Norfolk, Va, to bring
back for trial Robert Kyle. formerly
cashier of the local branch OF the
Schwarschild & Sulzerger Packing
Company, who is charged with having
embezzled funds of the company to
the amount OF about 500. Kyle's sup.
posed shortage was discovered several
weeks ago and he Immediately alb.
seconded when his alleged irregulari.
ties became known to the officers Of
the company.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Resent Labor Emigration. =.

. Observation-Disclosures account of the
fact that the. Miles Company has de-
.cided not to operate its Holdings this
year and a certain amount of labor
would be out Of employment, a great
many labor agents have been attract.
ed to this section with the result that
all Of the surplus labor has been re-
moved to other sections Of the state.
This surplus now being exhausted and
the agents still active; the planters
are now beginning to resent this &C.
ton vigorous
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Grandson to the Kaiser.

Berlin.-A son was born March 18
to the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick.
The Duchess of Brunswick formerly
was princess Victoria Louise of Ho-
henzollern, only daughter Of the Ger
man emperor. The marriage of the
princess to Prince Ernest August of
Cumberland took place on May "a,
1913. The prince assumed the throne
of the Duchy of Brunswick last Novem-
ber. Emperor William ordered a gen.
eral holiday in Berlin in Celebration
of the birth of his sixth grandson.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Mrs. Robert GoeIet Divorced.

Newport, r. Mrs. Elsie Whalen
Goelet, prominent in New York and
Newport society circles. was granted a
divorce from Robert Goelet on the
ground of extreme cruelty. Both are
to share custody Of their oldest son,
Ogden. aged six. The mother is to
keep Porter, aged two, their only other
child, until he is six years old, when
she is to share the custody of the
child with the father. Neither Goelet
nor Mrs. Goelet was in court and the
suit was uncontested.