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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09

viii Cease Writing Workmen's Com
Pensation Insurance-CIams Loss
Ratio Of 1907 in Six Months.

Austin. TeX-At least two of the
| ten casualty companies writing work
mems compensation insurance in Tex
| as will leave the State They have
/ indicated their intention in written
communications. II is understood
others will pursue the same course
The two which have given written no
tice are the Aetna and the Fidelity
and Casualty Company of New York
/ Their action is due to the reduced
compensation rates which become eff
fective Nav Is.
II is SAID that delegates will meet
next week TO wait upon the commits
sioner and see if he will not either
change his figures or postpone their
effectiveness. pending the filing of
more data. However, he stated I'M
equivOcally that he will not recede
from the position taken If he does
finally adhere to ii and all of the com
panies leave, there will be scramble
on part of employers TO secure com
penSation in the mutuals which re
main.
In its letter the Aetna declared that
its loss ration in Texas for the past
six months was 10 per cent II also
stated that the original Massachu-
setts rates were not high enough and
that the reduced rates present a seri-
Gus situation. II also complains of
its increased losses under the Texas
compensation act, and after stating
that il has issued instructions TO its
representative in Texas to discon-
tinue writing any further compensa,
ton business says: Our reasons
for disseminating to write this bust
ness are general"
This general officer of the Aetna
says it has apparently been impossible
to place the Texas business upon a
reasonable and sound basis"
The Fidelity and Casualty Company
of New York, through one of its gen
eral officers, says that it believes
that the loss ration in Texas az these
rates will preclude all possibility of
any profit As a matter OF fact. the
companies will make heavy loss
We do not propose to continue doing
business in Texas under present con.
ditions'
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
KING CANNOT ACCEPT IKON
Costly Gift by Arabian Tribe Not or
ciaI and Goes Begging
in London.

London.-A mother-of-pearl ikon OF
the Lords Last Supper" almost
identical to that presented to the EN-
peror of Russia by the sultan Of Tur
key as peace offering on the out
break Of the late war with Italy. is In
London awaiting a claimant II was
destined for King George, but because
1t is not an official gift it cannot be
presented to him, and. since no one
else has a right to accept it, the ikoD
remains without a master
The sultan ordered the Kohl an
Arabian tribe celebrated for its mother
of-pearl work. to make an ikon of the
Lords Last Supper" for presentation
to the Russian emperor. One of the
members OF the tribe. who had served
In the British army. insisted that 1t
would be the grossest discourtesy &c
his royal master II a similar gift was
not made for King George.
When the Russian gift was finished
the agents of the sultan paid for it and
carried 1t away, but the Kobi tribes
men did not know how to send the
replica to King George. 1t was finally
taken to Sir John Gray Hill of Liver
pool. who maintains a winter home on
the Mount OF Olives In Jerusalem
Lady Hill paid the tribesmen for their
work and brought the ikon to London
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09

handed to him by the boys and giris
of the seventh and eighth grades Of
the school He has an errOrlcss rec
ord at the present time after rcceiv-
ing more than one thousand pennies
and hundreds of other coins.
How much interest do ! gCt?"
asked Annie GlObert. a twelve year
old miss of the seventh grade, as she
handed two nickels and fourteen pen
nies and told her name to Milton
POhler the clerk.
Same as any regular bank" was
the answer. When you get five dot.
lars we put it into a big bank and
YOU get Is cents more at the end of
the year"
Philip Simon. the best writer ia
the school, is signature clerk. He
does not expect any fOrgeries, but no
will be on the watch for them, any
how.
Miss Clara NJ. Utter. teacher OF the
eighth grade, IS in charge of tho
bank, assisted by Principal Fred
Smith. The bank has received the.
approval of Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, SUI
perintendent of schools, and is ex..
pected to be taken up by other schools.
in the city.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
MEN0CAL IS HATED
Many Are in Rebellion Against
Cuba's President.
Chief Executive Has Dropped an Army
Of Officeholders From the Pay
RoII-Cubs, at Present, Owes
Over SIS, 900 600.

Boston.-President Mario Menocal
Is engaged in the interesting expert
ment OF giving the island CUBA an
honest native government, r.. II. p"
writes in the Boston Transcript No
policy other than the eXtirpation OF
graft and the punishment of srafters
has been marked out by his admins
tration, but this alone has favorably
impressed Washington, if the state
departments approval of the proposed
Sl0,000,000 Cuban loan is any critic
rion.
1t was rich field for reform that
President Menocal found when he as
sumed office last May. Since the
model provisional government, con-
Quoted by Major Gen. Leonard Wood.
following the civil war. at an expense
Of about $4,000, 900. has turned over
the island to the natives, the annual
expenditure has risen to about $4O,-
100000. Even the second American
occupation continued the steady in
crease instead Of providing a much
N iOS'Oh III COollOiIy- NONeIuOI
Magoon left the Cuban treasury with
less money than he found In it.
The federal departments had been
crammed with the heelers and follow
ers of various political leaders who
protited from this vast fiscal prosper
ity, and the heelers and followers
worked into the pay roll their own
heelers and followers, and so on down
the list The number OF persons
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
BIER KILLED BY POSSE AT WILLIS
bndit Forced the Cashier of
lis State Bank to Give
Him $500.

TeX.-One of the boldest day
|hk robberies ever attempted
tate occurred Wednesday aft.
{ Willis, Texas, a station Al
nth of Houston on the Inter
and Great Northern railway,
inated i'm the lone bandit be-
10 death by a member of a
posse of armed citizens.
card, Jr., cashier of the bank.
e when the robber walked in
ted a gun at his head. The
box all the gold and currency
conveniently handle and or
+. Beard to accompany him.
e robber had Beard covered
took Mr.. Boards diamond
After taking the cashier
for several hundred yards,
PR sent him back.
posses were organized, and
ed by ID. NJ. Fields overlook
Der. Fields fired, wounding
living statement Parks told
u. A. Anderson of Montgom-
ty that a year ago last July
and killed a night Waterman
otton Belt yards at Jackson
or that killing no one has
n arrested. He also told of
man in Mexico several years
denied having any connection
first robbery of the Willis
years ago, of which he was
ccused.
Pars ago the Willis bank was
| d and about $4,000 taken.
ley has never been recovered.
also told Sheriff Anderson
as alone in this robbery, and
is known no one was with
n he entered the bank.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
M00RS SlAY TWO AIRMEM
French Army Aviator and Aid Com
PEELED to Land in Desert and
Are Hacked to Pieces.

Rabat MoroccO.-Captain Harve. n
French military aviator, and lieuten-
ant he was carrying as a passenger
were hacked TO death by insurgent
Moors after they had escaped unin-
Jured from an aeroplane accident In
the desert.
The two officers were engaged in n
accommodating flight near Zonmour
when their motor became disabled
while they were high in the air. The
captain piloted the machine in a Gid
ing flight to earth.
Both alighted safely and we're on
deavoring TO repair the defective mo-
tor when band of MOors surrounded
them, and after torturing them cut
them up with swords and spears. The
Moors also destroyed the aeroplane.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
MANY DRINKERS IN GERMANY
Head Of Women's Association, Against
Alcohol Asserts Women Like
to Go on Solitary Spreex-"

Berlin.-There are 10000 drunkards
in Germany. of whom 10000 are wom-
en-. This was the declaration made
by President Frau Gerken at the meet
ing of the Berlin Women's association
against alcoholism. Frau Gerken said
that there we're between $500 and
5000 women drunkards in Berlin
Speaking of the psychology of drunk
ards Frau Gerken said, that while men
were fond Of noisesome companion
ship In drinking. women drunkards
tried to conceal their failing and were
addicted to solitary sprees." In most
cases, she said. heavy drinking among
women was due to sickness. unemploy-
ment, loss OF standing and despon-
dency. She said it was more diflcult
to cure and restore a woman than a
man.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
QUEEN TO VISIT WHITE HOUSE
eleanora of Bulgaria May Be Guest
Of President Wilson and Wife
in May.

Washington.-Wil Caspar spe-
cfal envoy of Queen Eleanora of Bull
garia was here to arrange for the
proposed visit of her majesty to the
United States. She is coming to In.
vestigate methods OF hospital admin.
istration and relief work of the poor
and sick. MIR. Caspar planned to visit
tive to the attitude of the state depart,
ment toward the contemplated visit OF
the queen. how she will be received and
entertained. He hoped to complete
arrangements so that she can sail
for this country MAY 10 or May 81.
During her stay in Washington she
may be a guest at the White House.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09

ticians who confidently believed that
their working days were over on the
day of their appointment. The dis
missed ones now face want. The for
tunate ones who remained are obliged
to perform more work. The despera-
ton of the situation really requires no
further comment, but 1t is being lu-
ridly discussed in the cantinas of Ha-
vana where the ousted congregate
Mario Menocal is q failure, they de-
clare. He will not last, they hope.
The Spanish language lends itself
beautifully to their mood. Such a
situation at Washington or a state
capital would merely manifest the ia
miliar theory of partisan politics. At
Havana it possesses a deeper signifi-
canoe. relating to the very life OF the
republic.
Cubas debt is now about sos. 900 900.
The new $10,00O,0O0 loan will be
used largely to discharge obligations
incurred by the preceding administra
ton of Gomez or by the American
provisional government that admins
tered the affairs of the island from
September 20, 1906. until January q.
1909.
or course IL is not easy to keep a
surplus In the Cuban treasury. The
fertility of suggestion as to how any
treasury cash can wisely - always
wisely-be expended is, perhaps. great
er in Havana than in any other CAPT
tai Of the world. Nevertheless, Presi-
dent Menocal appears ably competent
TO resist these worthless and also to
put some of them to flight His sus-
pension of the operation of the con-
tract with the Port Works company
is a case in point. This organization.
by virtue of a concession obtained
from the Gomez government. was to
make certain harbor improvements. in
return for which the privilege of levy
ing harbor dues on all shipping was
extended for a long period of years.
The supreme court of Cuba promptly
sustained the presidents action. Other
concessions and contracts have like
wise been challenged.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
Vegetable Tariff Is Amended.

Austin, Textile railroad commits
sion Tuesday issued an amendment to
the fruit and vegetable tariff by chang
ing the rule governing the Stoppage
of cars in transit so as to read as fol-
lows:
Where, before or after car
reaches one of the designated stop
ping points, that point is, under rule
"a. made the final destination. no stop
charge, for account of that point, shall
be assessed" Effective May IL.
Under the new rule where a car
starts out with its three allotted stops
before it and its cargo is sold out at
the second stop, that stop is declared
to be point of final destination and
the rate is made to that point and no
stonpage charge shall be collected
for it.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
Admiral Badger Is Praised

and comprehensiveness of that state
ment deserved to rank with those OF
Dewey at Manila and John Paul Jones
in the battle of the Bon Homme Rich
ard and the Scraps.
An appeal for popular support Of the
navy was voiced by the secretary.
The navy now has its full quota and
for the first time it has a waiting list,
the secretary said
Speaking OF his recent order abol-
ishing the wine mess. the secretary
said there was no body of more tenn
perate. clear-headed men in the world
than American naval officers. He
asked his hearers whether they would
not demand the abolition Of a wine
mess in railroad engineers club
houses II the railroads should permit
such a thing.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
LEOPARD ATTACKS TWO MEN
sistant When Doing Trick IN
Cage at ST. Louis.

st. Louis.-Emil Schwyer. an ami.
NAL trainer in a circus. was attacked
AMI torn by a leopard while be was
trying to get il to walk rolling globe
in steel cage. The leopard tore the
flesh from the trainers left arm nDd
shoulder. Tom Hilton. an assistant
trainer. then tried to make tie ieOp.
ard do the trick, when the animal
ieaped on him. bearing him to the
floor. Circus attaches beat of the
ously
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
|E DESTROYS TWO TOWNS
kND REDWATER, IN BOWIE
UNITY, SWEPT AWAY.
Persons Were Killed and
y Were Seriously Injured.
Damage Is Great.

mall towns in Northeast Tex
d and Redwater, in Bowie
were literally swept out OF eN-
bn Monday morning, four per
re killed, many were seriously
and property damage amount
undreds of dollars done by a
II cyclonic proportions that
cross East Texas from the vi
Cleburne to the Texas state
cad, all at Maud. are:
'earl White, William Morgan,
helton and an unidentified ne
thirty persons were seriously
some thought to be fatally
dwater no deaths were report
the list of injured includes
twenty-five, some of whom Will
torn was Of marked severity
ortheastCrn part of the state
damage widespread. In add
he two towns that were wiped
existence, the rural Communi-
nat part of the state were hard
many farm houses were de
erable damage was done
Cleburnc. Several persons
urt. some seriously. WaXa-
Ennis, Midlothian, Ferris.
ireenville, Pittsburg, TeXar-
| other East Texas towns re
passage of the storm. All
WINS report considerable dam
|ulting from wind and light
Ouses were blown down, plate
ndows blown in, and in sev-
ms many persons were injured
timbers.
orm was accompanied by al
|hprecedented rains, the rain
ending for many miles on
de of the path of the greatest
of the storm. Streams are
again out of banks and dam
rowing and planted crops will
Many of the streams were
hin banks from the recent
ms and the present dOwnpour
Sc severe overflows.
y and interurban traffic in
of the storm was badly Grip.
number of poles have blown
the Dallas-WaXahachie branch
hterurban.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
Strikers to Surrender Arms.

Trinidad, Colo.-The question of de-
livering the arms of striking coal min
ers to the United States army will be
put up to the men themselves, accord
ing to announcement by union Off
Gals Tuesday. The announcement
came at the end of conference be,
tween William Diamond and Robert
G. Bolton. strike leaders; Colonel
James Lockett and Major w A. Hol.
brook
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
Texas Corporations Chartered.

Austin, TeX-Chartered Tuesday:
The Trinity Farm Company of Dallas,
capital stock $4,000.
Southwestern Coal Company of
Amarillo, capital stock $4,000.
Lincoln Tank Company of Electra,
capital stock $4,000.
Roche Oil Company of Fort Worth,
capital stock $4,000.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
GENERAL DANIEL SICK[ES DEAD
is THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS
GETTYSBURG GENERALS.
Career Of Dead Soldier Was Marked
Unconventional and Turbulent
Incidents to End.

New YOrk-Gcncral Daniel +
Sickles died at his home Sunday night
General Sickles death was due 10
cerebral hemOrrhaEe and paralysis
Besides Mrs. Sickles. their son. Stan.
ton and the generals negro servant.
who had attended him for years. were
at the bedside.
General Daniel Edgar Sickles was
the last of the great commanders who
fought the battle of Getty burg For
decade he was fighter by profession
all his life he was fighter by IA
ture
Born in New York city in 1925. Gen
eral Sicklcs. at the age OF -. fought
the wings as a democrat in the New
York legislature. II was ne who Sc
cured tor his city it's great Central
park. At this time his military ca
rccr began as major of the Twelfth
regiment, National Guard, New York.
Before ne was 81 years Old. Major
Sickles had served as secretary of le-
cation at London under Minister
James Buchanan; he had won Il state
scnatorship through a bitter campaign.
and he was seated in the Thirty-fifth
congress at Washington.
1t was at this time that an event
occurred which became the sensation
of the day. Sickles had begun his sec
Ond term as congressman in 1889
when the national capital was stirred
by the news that the young repreSen-
tative from New York had shot and
killed Philip Barton Key. the United
States district attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Sickles declared
that Key misled Mr.. Sickles, who was
Therese Bagiol. The trial lasted
twenty days, ending in the acquittaI
of Sickles on the ground of the "un-
written law" He then took his erring
wife back.
Il am not aware Of any statute or
code of morals" said Sickles to his
critics. (which makes it infamous to
forgive woman. | can now see in
the almost universal denunciation with
which she is followed to my TIRES
hold, the misery and peril from which
| have rescued the mother of my
daughter. | shall strive to prove to
all that an erring wife and mother
may be forgiven and redeemed"
Sickles raised the famous Excelsior
brigade in New York, taking command
of one of its regiments as colonel
His fighting spirit early won him his
spurs. On the peninsula and at Antie-
tam he distinguished himself as a sol
der and leader. At Chancellors-
Vile he led a division At Gettysburg
he led the Third corps, lost a leg. and
became a national hero. At 81 years
OF age he had risen from a colonel to a
major general of volunteers.
After the war his fighting spirit led
him into the regular army. and he
became first a brigadier and then
major general. lie continued active
service until 1869. when he was ap-
pointed minister to Spain by Presi-
dent Grant
At the court of Spain Sickles' vigor-
Gus personality made him a dominat-
ing figure. Four years of brilliant
diplomacy brought him the epithet of
The Yankee King of Spain" Here
he contracted his second marriage
with the beautiful and distinguished
Senorita Creagh.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
SAVINGS BANK FOR SCHOOL
Pennies and NlckeIs Accepted By
Teacher and Boy Officers OF
Savings Association.

Chicago More than one hundred
children of the Wicker Park school
proudly displayed "baukbooks.' They
are depositors OF the first public
school savings bank in Chicago
Al the start of banking hours
8:15 to 9 a IN. and 3 80 70 I. 30 p ID.
in order 10 deposit their marble and
candy allowance in the care OF their
fellow pupils
Thirteen-year-Old Frank Koralesh
son of the county assessor. who has
been appointed cashier was kept busy
taking The pennies, nickcls and dimes
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09

desk grew appallingly large. Holding
office was a genteel and lucrative &C.
cupation requiring no talent except
political perspicacity and Difference to
ones political chieftain.
All administrations in Cuba as well
as in the United States are expected
to make changes in the personnel Of
government upon assuming office. but
Senior Menocal has violated all the
rules. To many of the vacancies Gre
ated by the official headsmen he ap-
pointed no one at all Reduction OF
the force is his policy. This is held
to work a double hardship on poll
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
Refugees Not to Land at Galveston.

Washington.-An order was made
by the state department Sunday di-
recting that refugees from Mexico be
hereafter landed at New Orleans in
place of Galveston. This was done to
avoid possible conflict between the
state and federal quarantine regula-
lions. which differ as to the length of
time persons must have left an in
fected point
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09

Matteawan asylum for the criminal
insane early in 1912 At once she be
gan to swallow every hairpin she
could get.
Five operations have been neces-
sary in two years to relieve her of
her strange food, the last one proving
fatal She died of shock.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
England May Participate.

London.-The British government
will reconsider its decision not to par,
ton at San Francisco and probably
will decide that Great Britain shall of,
ficially be represented at the fair in a
distinctly modified form. Premier AS,
quith Tuesday received a deputation
from the house of commons repre-,
senting more than half the member,
ship and promised to submit their
views to the cabinet.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
Bioodiess Duel Is Fouuht.

Paris.-IOseph Caillaux, ex-minister
of finance, and Fernand d'Aillieres. NJ.
Caillaux's opponent in the recent cleo
tion to the French chamber of depu-
ties, fought bloodless duel Monday
with pistols. NJ. d'Ailieres fired twice
at his adversary, but neither shot
found its mark. NJ. Caillaux fired in
the air.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
Texas Florists Organize

Waco, Tex-With nearly a hundred
present, the Texas State Florists As
ISOLATION was organized Monday The
officers elected are: President, r. C..
Kerr, Houston; secretary-treasurer, G.
NJ. Hoss. Houston; press representa-
tive, l.. J. Tackett, Fort Worth; edu.
cation director. f. J. Kyle, Houston.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
i Floods in Oklahoma.

ma City, Okla.-Three lives
We large railroad bridges and
|e wagon bridge over the
madam and Cimarrsn rivers
pma destroyed. with a prop,
which will exceed half a
|ollars; bottom land crops
or 400 miles along the Ca.
|Id 200 miles along the Cimar,
estern Oklahoma, is the toll
bods which began Sunday.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
LOST WHISPERS; CANNOT SUE
New Orleans Lawyer Too Late to
Prosecute His DespoiIers OF
Years Ago.

Washington, D. &c. A. O'Sullivan,
New Orleans lawyer, wished to sue
Paul Felix and William w. Stiles for
$4,000 because they cut off his whis-
kers in 1908, in an election prank, but
the Supreme court decided he had
waited too long and threw out his
case.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
Vinson Astor Takes Partner

Staatsburg, ". Y.-William Vincent
Astor. head of the family established
ir America century and a quarter
ago by John Jacob Astor, the German
fur trader, and, perhaps, the wealth
lest young man ih the world, wa.
married at nooh Thursday TO Miss
Helen Dinsmore Huntington at the
home of his brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert p. Huntington.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
LIVED LONG ON HAiRPiN DIET
Matteawan Inmate Finally Dies From
Operation for Relief for Her
Strange Diet.

Having swallowed hundreds OF hair
pins within the last two years. Mrs.
Alice Bischoff died In Bellevue hos
pitAl An autopsy was made to learn
how 1t was possible for her to live
so long with hairpins in her stom-
ach. The woman, who was forty.
thyss years old, was committed to the