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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-04-11
SUGGESTION SALE.
ESTATE OF
MARIE CLEMENT, deceased wife Of
Felix Arcsneaux,
Probate Docket No. 1922

10Th Judicial District Court
State of Louisiana, Parish Of St. Martin.
By virtue of an order and a Commits
sion issued from the Honorable the 18th
Judicial District Court In and for the
Parish OF st. Martin. State Of LOuisi-
ana, and to me directed, will offer for
sale and will sell, or cause to be sold by a
Competent Officer at the front door Of the
Court House in st. Martinville, Parish of
st. Martin. Louisiana, for cash. at pub
lie auction, to the last and highest bid
der, on
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Sarah Cornelius OF Patchogue, n. Y,
is 100 years Of age.
Miss Marie Tompkins, a woman Of
unusual strength, is In charge OF the
detective squad in a Philadelphia de-
partment store.
Lady Paget, wife of Sir Arthur Paget.
is planning to raise the sum Of $4,000
for a copy Of the statue Of William
Pitt, by Mcdowell, to be presented to
the United States by American wives
OF Englishmen.
DR.. Ethel Smyth, musical composer,
has announced that she beQueaths the
interest Of her fortune to the Woman's
Social and Political union, to be used
for the suffrage cause until the women
win the ballot in England.
Miss Emma r. Graves, eighty-twO
years old, has just rounded out fifty
years service under the government.
She is a clerk attached to the office Of
the registrar Of the treasury and de-
tailed to the office of the treasurer Of
the United States.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Forest Notes.

Nearly 1000 acres were reforested In
Montana and northern Idaho during
1913 at an average cost Of $3.50 an
acre.
The best forested area Of China is
in Manchuria. The principal tree va
rieties are pine, cedar. larch, fir, yew,
oak, ash. elm, walnut and birch.
Gannett peak. Wyoming, nearly IA
600 feet in elevation and the highest
mountain in the state, is on the divide
between the Bonneville and Bridger
national forests.
Two forest officers in Washington
and Oregon are writing popular de-
scriptiOns Of the trees in the Crater
and Mount Rainier national parks for
the use OF visitors to the parks.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Pen, ChiSel and Brush.

George Moore, the author, is now liv-
ing quietly in London working on his
"reminiscences.
Mary Cassatt, a Philadelphia painter
Of children and family life, has been
awarded the gold medal OF honor OF
the Academy of Fine Arts, the highest
award within the gift Of the academy
and one Of the most valued trophies
In the American art world.
Negotiations have been concluded
with NJ. Auguste ROdin whereby the
French sculptor presents to France the
whole Of his collections Of Greek, Ro-
man and Egyptian art and also all his
own works still in his possession. The
gift is conditional on the French gov
eminent creating a Rodin museum in
the residence now occupied by NJ. Ro.
din and appointing him custodian for
life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
SlRES AND SONS.

Francisco villa formerly was a Chi
huahua rancher.
Thomas Sitter, ninety-seven. OF St
Louis, has been married seventy-five
years.
Bishop C. E. Cheney. Reformed
Episcopal. Chicago, Is now seventy
eight and stiIl active.
Mr.. William Augustus Gordon Hake.
tne Oldest living barrister, OF 3 Old
Steine, Brighton, England, recently eel
ebrated his one hundred and third
birthday.
Professor Malladra OF the Royal OBJ
servatory at Mount Vesuvius, has been
appointed director Of the observatory
In succession to the late Professor Mer-
CALI. He is a scientist whose expert.
ence at the observatory has peculiarly
fitted him to continue the important
work.
Captain Morton .Fitz Smith, the new
commandant of cadets at West Point.
comes from the Twentieth infantry.
he was appointed a cadet to the mill
tary academy from Michigan in 1891,
and was graduated with the class of
1895. Captain Smith has served all
his time in the infantry branch Of the
army and has a splendid record for
foreign service.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
SOCIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN.

National League on Urban Conditions
to Operate Branches In the South.
New YOrk.-The results Of the work
Of the National League on Urban Con
ditiOns In New York City have been
so satisfactory to the executive board
Of the league that IT is urged to give
TO other cities Of the country where
cOlored people reside in large numbers
the benefits Of its experiences and ac-
cOmpIishments In New York city.
The league has already taken into at
Citation organizations In Richmond and
Norfolk, Va. Savannah and Augusta.
Ga. and ST. Louis. and is now entering
upon a vigorous campaign to help In
the Improvement Of the work In these
cities and the extension OF the under
taking by sending the associate dlrec-
tor. Eugene Kinckle Jones, to visit
these cities.
Mr. Jones will be away from New
York city from the latter part Of April
until about May .. and will deliver
addresses in the interest OF the league
In Richmond and Norfolk, Va; Angus
tn and Savannah. Ga, and other cities
In the south.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Current Comment.

A poorly printed bogus ten dollar
gold certificate is found TO be a quar-
ter of an inch shOrt-also S10.-New
York Sun.
With settlement workers debating
the question of standardizing dance
steps, the social uplift movement Is
clearly progressing at a one step pace.
New York World.
A course of training for lumbermen
is offered by Harvard. In view Of the
rapid disappearance Of the forests 1t
might be well to cOndense the course
as much as possible.-CleyelaDd Plain
Dealer,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Town Topics.

What's the use Of trying to uplift
Pittsburgh: 1t cost a man $25 to kiss
the hand Of a Pittsburgh belle.-Buf-
faiO Express.
Detroit is To have a new postofice,
end here's hoping 1t will be one that
won't have TO he enlarged the day 1t
is completed.-DetTOit Free Press
Baltimore has just made up its mind
TO keep on making a noise until it gets
that reserve bInk-that is, If there are
any more reserve banks to dispose OF.
Philadelphia Press.
Announcement that Chief KenlOn Of
the fire department has devised a
method for the prompt removal Of
snow makes an suspicious opening for
the summer seasOn.-New York World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
FIippant filings.

A typewriter small enough to be put
in an Overcoat pocket. The cute little
thing! Blond? - Louisville Courier
Journal
American hotel men will tour Eu-
rope this summer. Now, at last, they
will get what is coming to them
Cleveland Leader.
The chief currency problem right
now is where to get hold Of enough Of
It for mother and the girls to spend
Detroit Free Press.
A Boston physician says high heeled
shoes will cure backache. Three cheers
for Boston. Sooner or later il may
be demonstrated that narrow skirts
wiz relieve observation-disclosures
Plain Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Powder and Ball.

We now perceive that a standing
army Is Of use only when it moves
New York Mail.
II 1t ever gets into action strangers
will wonder how the Pacific feet ever
got its name.-St- Louis GlObe-Demo-
crat
Fourteen inches is some considerable
distance when any one is looking into
the muzzIe Of a navy gun.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The modern army bullet. according
to military surgeons. Is almost harm
less. Sounds like a recruiting Office
yarn-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Fashion FrillS.

No doubt the worst feature Of the
prevailing feminine fashions is the fact
that the mems fashions are initiating
them.-Chicago News.
1t is predicted that the new styles in
women's dress will look all right after
we get accustomed to them. By which
time there will be newer freaks in
style.-Detroit Free Press.
Dean Davenport Of the University Of
Illinois says that grOtesque fashions
are largely responsible for the increas-
ed cost Of living. But we've got to
have some amusement, professorLChi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Branch Of NatienaI A..oeiation.

At a meeting held in Brooklyn under
the auspices Of a committee OF citi-
zens. with Mrs. A. II. Seay presiding
on Tuesday evening. April q. d
Brooklyn branch Of the National As
ISOLATION For the Advancement Of Col
ored People was organized. The Of
ncers elected were Rev. George Fra
her Miller. president: Mrs N. C. Law
ton. secretary. and Mrs. Edward q.
Wilson. treasurer. The executive
committee consists Of the following
named persons: Thomas C. MOSeley.
DR.. v. Morton Jones. N. D.: J. d. Nix
on. s. A. Pease. y. r. nOdsOn and
Mrs. Arthur Williams
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Train and Track.

Bolivia Is soon to have four new rail-
way lines.
British Columbia laid $50 miles of
new railway last year. not including
double tracking.
London has only one mile Of tram
WAYS to every 10000 Of her population.
Manchester has one to every 5000.
II an engineer passes a danger signal
In a safety device adopted by a Ger
man railroad an electric bell is rung
in his cab until his mistake is recorded
nv an official Of the road.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Industrial Items.

Belgium pensions miners at fifty-five
who have worked forty years in the
mines.
Women mix mortar and carry the
nod for building operations In Munich,
iermany.
Railway men in Germany may belong
Inly to such societies as are approved
W tie management.
Figures compiled by the department
of labor at Washington show that
wages in the lumber industry in the
United States have increased % per
cent in the last twenty-five years
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Pert Personals.

Forty-five curtain calls for New
YOrk's popular tenor, Caruso-and how
many court calls?
Nat Goodwin says all his wives
have chosen him." but Nat should
cheer up. The time may come when
he'll go out of fashion.-Detroit Free
Press.
Crown Prince William of Germany
would like to visit us, but breads being
received officially. Come ahead, Bill.
II you're a regular Teller" Wen mere
ly slap you on the back, sell you a gold
brick or two and let it go at that
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
English EtchingS.

London consumes ninety tons Of salt
a day.
London has over 1900 shops for the
sale Of milk.
Orchard occurs forty times as a
street name in the London postal area.
There is one policeman in London to
every 40 persons, and all these police
men patrol 1O.GG1 miles Of streets.
In every 1000 marriages solemnized
In Great Britain twenty-one are be-
tween first cousins. Among the nobil-
ity the rate is much higher. amounting
to forty-fve in 1000.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Three Strikes.

In spite Of the perils supposed to be
set umpires. the same faces appear
from season to season--Washington
Star.
Manager Callahan says he has -four
pitchers who are as good as Walter
johnson. this being optimism run riot
Detroit Free Press.
There Is every reason to expect an
unusually interesting baseball season
this year. whether It win be as prof
table as previous seasons IL left for
time 10 deteEmipe.- Pittsburgh Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
SPECIAL NOTCH

ALI parties having social or personal
itsms or other matter for publication.
su.h social items and 20 on must reach
the editor not later than on Thursday
morning, prior to the Saturday the
articles are expected to appear.
Write plainly and on one EidS Of the
paper only.
Personal or social items and short
church notices, will be published free.
II YOU have friends visiting you, or If
YOU are going on . visit ont Of the city,
q, move from one section Of the city
to another, or buy . new house or fat
building, or if any Of your near and
dear friends become united in marriage
to some one, or join the Heavenly host
in the great beyond; or If you give .
dancing party or other social functions
and % on; al such information plainly
and shortly written win b sSRSidSrOd
news matter.
And a. stated before win b pUb-
hAsd free Of al charges.
RsnOmbSr that AL communications
alsng this line must be short and to the
paint. Address all communications to
tie editor Of The Broad Az, 1927 Fed
EIl street. Phone Drsxsl, 1890.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
Telephone Calls.

A telephone transmitter that works
perfectIy when completely submerged
I'm water is a novelty.
For use in noisy places where tele-
phoning is dificult a new instrument
has receivers for both ears to shut out
outside sounds.
The automatic telephone exchange
arected by the United River Plate Tel
euhope company In Cordoba. Argentina
has inst been inaugurated- This Is the
erst automatic telephone exchange N
South America.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

A German aviator has succeeded in
ascending to a height of 20.564 feet.
but what's the use getting 50 far away
from the earth now that the baseball
season is here?
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

Possibly that Chicago heiress who
married a gardener married beneath
her, but any one can be an heiress II
she has luck Ii takes ability to be a
gardener.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

Chicago wife deserters are sent to
the psychOpathic ward now instead Of
to prison as heretofore. Ii will please
the deserted wives to learn that it's a
disease rather than a misdemeanOr.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

An advanced woman lecturer an
uounces that the time will soon be
here when the housewife will have a
kitchenIess home Nothing new in
that-sOme of them have IL now.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

The German tailor who has sent six
of his thirty-five children to the army
should be called the honorary father Of
his country.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

A pie baking contest between suffra-
gists and ants has been proposed
This could be followed by a sock darn
ing race and a house cleaning contest
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

A statement that New York high
school students succeeded % spelling
'isOsceIes" ffty-six different ways
would have been more satisfactory had
il Informed us which way was right
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

The income tax assessors are finding
that we have long had an exaggerated
notion of the fortunes OF most Of our
so called millionaires.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

Sometimes congress succeeds in be-
ing as truly exciting as it is habitually
represented TO be by the New York
feature writers sent over from time to
time to discover Washington"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

The wireless telephone is soon to be
installed on ocean liners. Then it will
no longer be doubtful what is meant
by speaking a vessel"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

A homely man is reported to have
been made handsome by a collision
with u steam roller. 1t probably fat
tered him.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

One advantage Of being a British Of
fcer is that one can resign when one
pleases. Plain Thomas Atkins would
have to desert.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
FIVE ROOM MODERN FLAT TO
RENT.

Nice five room modern fat to rent;
newly decorated.
5O25 Federal Street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

Perhaps next Asquith will be trying
On the kings crown.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

Many a man can't tell black from
white when it comes to a lie.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

1t never improves a woman's appear
ance to put on airs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

Luck is too uncertain to sit around
and wait for il.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16

Money is mans greatest trouble q
be hasn't any.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-05-16
ron RKER.

DsSk Room for business puTposss In
branch law omes Of W. O. AnasEsOn
. L A Newly, ssh And stats g.
n. ". s9nsE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-11
Is the Prompt and Effective
Check of Effort to
Boost Prices of
Food .4
CONGRESS APPEALED 10
In the Face Of Great Crops and No
Exports, it Looks Like De-
Iiberate Highway
Robbery.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-ResoIu-
tions directing the secretary Of COM
merce to report on the cause Of the
Increasing cost Of food stuffs In the
United States, we're introduced In the
house by Representatives Farr and
Kelly, republicans of Pennsylvania.
The Kelly resolution directs the
secretary Of commerce to ascertain
where the prices have been arbitrarily
advanced on the pretext that they are
due to the European war and whether
manipulation Of values by spectators
on the Chicago board Of trade and
elsewhere is responsible, despite the
fact that this country has record
breaking crops and that there prac-
tcaIIy is no expert Of food supplies.
Representative Farr asserted that
flour has advanced $1.5o per barrel
since the opening Of the war ard that
the cost Of living Is skyrocketing In
the face OF the greatest crops IN our
history.
"Selfish interests will have the Unit
ed States by the throat unless there
Is a quick move to check the mount
inq prices" said Farr.
"Many hundreds Of thousands Of
men arc idle because Of unsettled con-
ditons abroad and this 10 no time to
allow prices to climb.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-11
War is Progressing Rapidly With Fighting TAX
ing Place in Number of
Places Today.
GERMANS HAVE GAINED FIRST VICTORY
Dsodged the French at Mulhausen But Can
Make No Progress in Rush
Across Belgium.
rBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent

rBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE
war progresses rapidly. Fight
ing is now taking place in AL
SAGE and Lorraine, Germany;
Bosnia and the Styr river val
ley. Austria; Luxemburg and
Belgium. Despite attempts at
ironclad censorship, it is
known the French have been
forced to evacuate Mulhausen
and that the German invasion
Of Belgium IS completely
checked. The German sue
cesses in southern Alsace were
not unexpected. It had been
known that the Germans were
present in force on the French
front and that Austrian and
German troops were massed
on the Swiss frontier at Basle.
Military experts pointed out
that General Joffre's army,
though it were able to capture
Neu Breisach, would be in
danger of a strong flank as
sault. The German army,
north of Neu Breisach is enor-
nous, numbering more than
$4,000 men. There was no sur
prise, therefore, when the ad-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-11
Only Alarm at Present is For
Those Who Were Caught
in Germany When the
War Started.
5000 IN THAT COUNTRY
Grafters and Swindlers Are
Working on the Refugees
Offering Bogus Steam
ship Tickets for Sale.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
LONDON, Aug. 11.-TransportatIon
facilities for Americans on the CONT
nent had so improved today that Am
basssdor Page and the American re-
lief commission have been relieved of
much of their concern except regard
ina Americans still in Germany. Ar
rangements have been made to run
two military trains from Paris to
Bolorne daily. Stops will be made at
all stations and boats will meet trains
at Rouogne for the cross channe'
trip. No difficulty has been exper-
fenced by Americans seeking to leave
Belaiur, upward of 500 having arrived
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-11

mission was made by the
French war office that Mul.
Ihausen had been evacuated
and that the French army was
fighting in the outskirts of the
city and on the plains adjoin-
ing. The outcome of this bat
tie will have a momentous ef-
feet on the German plans. If
the Germans can drive the
French back across the hc-
they can form a junction with
the army now in Lorraine and
attempt their planned invasion
of France by the southern Ger
man gateway.
German reports that several
of the Liege forts had fallen
are emphatically denied. The
Belgian legation here in an Of
fetal statement issued this af-
'ternoon, announced that Ger
man assaults have all failed,
that the forts are still intact
and that the Germans in the
city itself are comparatively
few The German invasion is
entrenching along the Orthe
river and the combined Brit
ish- French Belgian army is be-
ing rushed to attack it. Caval-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-11
ALL Of OUR PEOPLE WILL
SOON Be OUT OF DANGER
ZONES IN EUROPEAN LANDS

from ostend. Word has reached Am
bassador Page that many Americans
without funds are stranded in Scandi-
navian countries. Efforts are to be
made to arrange for Scandinavian
banks to honor travellers checks and
letters of credit which may be pre-
sented by these refugees.
Owina to the contributions which
have been received here and the gen
orally improved conditions, those in
charge of funds available for Ameri-
cans now hope the money forwarded
by the government may not have to
be used in London. This money will
be needed on the continent, however
Ambassador Page and those assisting
him or the relief committees are anx-
lous that it reach the stranded refu-
uees there as soon as possible. 1t Is
estimated there are 5000 destitute
Americans in Germany.
As all London papers are greatly
reduced In size owing to the threaten
ed shortage of paper, they have not
been able to publish any news as to
the American refugees in London. a
movement has been started to publish
a special paper devoted to news OF
the American colony. M. J. kenney
will be the editor in case the plan
ooes through. Arrangements are also
beino made with one of the London
papers to give page three times a
week of news Of Americans. Warning
will be issued to all Americans to
guard against erafters and sSind'ers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-11
Any Ships Sailing in the vi
cinity Are Given Chase
Until They Reach
Shore.
NO NAVAL BATTLE YET
Two German Men of War Re
ported to Have Rounded
End of Greece, Going
at Full Speed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service J
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-A British
Warship, possibly the Essex, which has
hgured prominently In the operations
OF English vessels on this side OF fhe
Atlantic, was sighted off Sandy Hook
soday, according to the marine on
server. just before the warsF'iP ap-
peared ship believed to be German
Tramp was hurryins toward the mar
DOR and the English vessel Is believed
o have been in pursuit. The observer
was not certain that the steamer max
ING port was q German tramp, but
seeiared she closely resembIed sucn