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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
MEANEsT MAN IS DISCOVERED
Reaches From Window Of Moving
Train and snatchss Whisky Flask
From Thirsty Soul.

Wesson, Miss.-About the meaness
trick recorded here was played when
some person reached his arm out OF
the window Of . moving train and
snatched q bottle Of whisky out OF q
mans hand Just a. he was In the act
Of taking q drink.
Three or four prominent citizens OF
wesson had been up to Hazlehurst at
tending court, and had just returned
on the local passenger train. which
arrives here about $3.50 o'clock. Some
where or other . bottle of the real
Kentucky brand had been procured.
and as soon as the train stopped at
the depot these gentlemen alighted
from the platform and walked toward
the rear Of the train until they came
to q dark place.
Here the bottle was quickly un-
corked, the "Alphonse-G CASTOR" cere-
mony gone through with, and one OF
the party was Just lifting the bottle
to his lips when It vanished.
There was . wild chase after the
train, but 1t was fruitless.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

able to catch near pictures Of the moor
hen. probably the most timid Of birds.
Newman has also been very sue
cessful in his pictures Of large birds.
such a. the South American condor,
the American eagle and the buzsard
and vultures Of the South. AZ may
be surmised, . different sort Of skill
10 required to get such pictures ~
these.
Az may be seen by the accompany
ing illustration, the feat requires dar-
ing and nerve. The photographer ID
lowered over the side of mountain
in q boatswain chair and with . cam
era between his knees gets his pic
lures,
G. Blake Garrison. . photographer
Of animals. was badly hurt In his
initial attempt Of this nature in South
America. He was attacked BY one Of
the birds while in this precarious posi-
ton and severely clawed before his
partner was able to draw him up. In
defending himself he lost his machine,
necessitating the retaking Of the pic
ture under more suspicious condi-
lions.
The smaller Quadrupeds, those semi
domesticated animals which we meet
in our every day life. such az the rab-
bit and squirrel, are not q simple
quarry by any means. Mr.. Garrison
in his experience has found the best
way to get these animals is with q
papier mache COW, or other large AMI
mails, which, like the horse Of Troy.
will conceal men. This. together
with the mechanism for initiating the
cameras noise, win usually serve to
deceive even q willy fox. The cow II
life size and has . number Of small
holes In the sides which serve to
allow the camera to center On the sub
ject, and also are used for peep holes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
veNsAs PARISH DIRECTORY.

Gheriff-John Hughes.
clark of Court-Joseph Curry.
Assessor-A. Bondurant.
Treasurer-W. M. Davidson.
Parish Surveyor-John johnson.
Game Warden-Charles Johnston.
Coroner-Dr. J. G. Lilly.
Health Officer-Dr. L. A. Murdock.
Members House Representative
sshn Murdoch and 8. w. Martien-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
BLACK 0BEusK IS UNVEILED.
Reproduction Of Ancient Monument
Marks Dr.. Haynes Grave st
North Adams, Mass.

North Adams, Mass.-Distinguished
educators and Assyriologists came
here for the unveiling Of what IN said
to be the first reproduction ever made
of an ancient Babylonian monument.
The monument was erected a. q
memorial over the grave Of Dr.. John
Henry Haynes, the famous archeolo-
gist, whose chief field of work was In
Nippur, Babylonia- It is a copy of
Shalmanesser's obelisk, known as the
black obelisk." The original, now
In the British museum was con-
structed about $50 B. C.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

Members Police Jury.
81 yirst ward-T. l. Guthrie. Notnac
70.
Second ward-John d. Fultz. New
eIlton. 1.
Third ward-F. H. Curry. St 70
ssph.
New Light.
rifth ward-B. r. Mcvay. Ashwood.
Sixth ward-Louis T. Hunter. wa
osrproof.
Seventh ward-wm. A. Register.
{ Clayton p. o.
Clerk-R. n. whitney. st. Joseph.
The Police Jury for Tensas parish
meets first Monday in March, June,
1uly. October and December. at 81
Joseph, at II o'clock m.
School Board.
First Ward-M. w. Bland. Point
Pleasant.
second ward-Robert Y. Newell.
Newellton.
rhird ward-w. J. steen. St Jo-
esph. ,
: Bridge.
FIFTH ward-J. c. Ellis.
Sixth ward-W. d. A. Gorton. Wa
tsrproof.
seventh ward-D. +. Miller. Gold
nan p. o.
Secretary School Board and super
sutsndent Education - Thomas Nd.
wade. Newellton.
MAGISTRATES and constables.
First Ward - Magistrate, M. W.
Bland. Point Pleasant; constable,
Second ward-Magistrate. Louis
Buckner, Newellton; constable, L. K
Fultz, Newellton.
Third Ward = Magistrate. e. r
Newell. st. Joseph; constable. Jonn
4. smitha, st. Joseph.
Fourth ward-Magistrate. B. T.
Berry, Delta Bridge; constable
FIFTH ward-Magistrate. d. HI
o'Kelley. Ashwood; constable. -
0xth ward-Magistrate. J. Fl Sea
nan, Waterproof: constable. John D.
shelton. Waterproof.
Seventh Ward-Magistrate, e. D.
Coleman; constable, -".
Members Parish Democratic Exeeu
tive Committee.
First ward-R. w. Newell. Newell
Son: +. L. Guthrie. Notnac p. o.
Second Ward-Louis Puckner. New
elton: r. Y. Newell. Newellton.
THIRD ward-A. e. Green. st. 10
seph: Louis Buckner Jr, st. Joseph
Fourth ward-R. B. Lynch. New
Light: p. C. Smith. Delta Bridge.
FIFTH ward-D. H. O'Kelley, Ash
wood: b. F. Mcvay, Ashwood.
sixth ward-G. C. Goldman. Gold
nan p. o.; Allan Shelton. Waterproof
Seventh Ward-D. F. Miller. Gold
man: r. D. Coleman. Highland.
At Laree-Joseph Curry. st. 10
eeph:>W. M. Davidson, st. Joseph
John Hughes. st. Joseph: DR.. X. B
Mcmillan, Point Pleasant; John Muir
doch. Newelltoh.
District Court.
District Judge-John Dale, vidalia
District Attorney-Abner e. Green
81. Joseph.
Terms Of Court-The terms Of th'
District Court IN the parish OF Tensa'
are hereby fixed as follows, to-wit:
Jury Terms-Third Mondays h
April and October.
Civil Terms-Third Mondays Il
January, February, March. May. June
July, November and December.
Town Of st. Joseph.
Mayor-W. M. Davidson.
Clerk-Abner f. Green.
Town Treasurer-R. H. Whitney.
Aldermen - Joseph Curry. B.
Young. Louis Buckner Jr. Osca
Levy. f. J. Walton.
Board meets first Tuesday In eac!
month at office Of the mayor.
H k->~>--~~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
OPERATE ON A BOY THIEF
Surgeons Will Try to Cure voungster
Who Can't Keep From
Stealing.

Norristown, Pa.-Joseph Miskpwita'
q boy living in Pottstown. practically
was sentenced by Judge Solly to go to
a hospital instead Of jail for series
of petty thefts.
The boy will undergo an operation
for the relief Of pressure Of the skull
on the brain. which. according to ply
sicians. causes an impairment Of bis
mental faculties 50 that he habituaiiy
steals.
His condition il due to blow on
the head with club that he received
when he was six years old. He IL now
nearly eighteen
Assured that all he would have to
pay would be 81 day while the boy
was In the University hospital. the
father gave his consent to the opera
ton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
MAKES A STARTLING CHARGE.
Professional DuellistD Used to Put
Men Out Of the Way, Says
Yeoman. Deputy.

Berlin.-Speaking in favor of the
bill in the Reichstag to abolish duel
ling, Deputy Erzberger, leader of the
Centre party, made the startling
charge that an institution exists in
Berlin for the purpose Of provoking
duels by causing married women to
be placed in compromising positions.
The object of the persons instigating
the outrage is to force the aggrieved
husband to fight q professional duel
list and thus get him out Of the way.
The institution sends out men Of
honor
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Religious Not1ess.

Rev. W. 8. Henry. pastee II u
church, holds services at Wesley
chapel on morning and afternoon OF
first Sunday, and at the Union
church, St Joseph. on the night ol
the first Sunday and morning and
night Of the third Sunday.
Rev. Father Degnan Of vidalia says
mass at the Catholic chapel. 81 10
seph. once q month. following an
nouncement.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

to work upon It There were 10000
laborers. and 1t II said that 1t took
them II years to complete the con-
struction. They got only their food
for their pay.
Another fine mosque II in Jerusalem.
It stands on the site Of Solomon's
Temple, and 1t IL impossible to enter
It without Q permit from the Mahome-
tan governor Of the Holy City. In
that mosque is the rock upon which
Abraham built his altar upon which
he was about to sacrifice Isaac when
the angel of the Lord called out to
him to withhold his hand. The mos
que IL called the Dome Of the Rock.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Returns Home to Find Wife Dead.

Chicago.-George Spence returned
home after q two weeks absence and
found his wife dead on the door Of the
kitchen. Her pet dog was standing
guard over her body. A delivery pack
age bearing the date December 16. was
unopened. The dog was nearly dsaA
from hunger and thirst
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Town Of st. Joseph.
-

MayorSW. M. Davidson.
Cerk-Abner f. Green.
Town Treasurer-R. H. whitney.
Aldermen = Joseph Curry, B. F.
Young. Louis Buckner Jr.. Oscar
Levy, f. ]. Walton.
Board meets first Tuesday In each
month at office Of the mayor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

r. 4 A. N.
Masonic lodge meets at Newellton
first Wednesday.
Masonic lodge meets af 81 Joseph
on second Tuesday.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
'RIDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1914
TAKING PIC OF BIRD
English Photos tslIs Interesting
Stories ?, Ventures !"

Prof. Frank ~ . wen known
English photoG tells many In
teresting storio ~ adventures In
this work.
He cites one - particular In
which he had Nait for week
with his imita1 nmera going full
speed, grabbinQ ~ when he could.
only to have = take fright and
leave her nest ~ thus wasting
all his time. however. been
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
District Court.

District Judge-John Dale, vidalia
District Attorney-Abner e. Green.
81. Joseph.
Terms Of Court-The terms Of the
District Court IN the parish Of Tensas
ore hereby fixed as follows, to-wit:
Jury Terms-Third Mondays IN
April and October.
Civil Terms-Third Mondays IN
January. February. March. May. June,
July, November and December.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

synopsIs Of Game Laws-opsn sss-
son.
1. Doves-From September I 70
March 1.
2. Wood or Summer Ducn-6ep-
tember 1 to March 1.
8. Teal Ducks-Septembef ~ 70
April 1.
4. River Ducks-october I 10
March Is.
8. Coots or Poule D'eau-October
to March Is.
6. Geese or Rrant-October 1 to
March Is.
Z. Snipe-September IS to April 1.
8. Turkey cocks only)-Novem-
Der 1 to April Is.
9. Quail-November Is to March
Is.
10. Robins-November lB 20 March
Is.
II. Deer (bucks onlyN0ctober I
to January I.
Limit Of Bags in . Day:
Is ducks.
Is Of all other game birds.
2 bucks. and not more than I'VE in
q season.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

Balonne, MA pet cat at the Ber-
gen Point iron works killed . -four
not rattlesnaka
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
NEW HOME DEDICATED
TO FREUNDSCHAFT
Fine Clubhouse on 51th st.
Opened by Society With
Banquet to $50.

The Freundschaft Society OF the city
OF New York, organized In 1879, opened
It's fine new clubhouse at los West Fifty
seventh street, near Sixth avenue, last
night with a banquet of $50 covers.
Max u. Bril-. president OF the society.
made ~. first speech and outlined the
History OF the club from its organization
with eighteen members. its growth and
transfer from Fifty-seventh street aud
Third avenue 10 Park avenue and Sew
cnty-second street and ;hen TO It's new
home, and explained the steady growth
IN membership TO the present roster Of
500 names.
Before the banquet visitors were taken
through the clubhouse. II Us ii six story
white stone structure. In the bascmru;
are bowling alleys. The street floor con-
tains the reception rooms.sa writing room
ana grill room. ON the second iioor H.
the dining room and above that ladies'
rooms and private dining rooms. The
fourth floor has several reception rooms
floor Is taken up with card and billiard
rooms. The sixth floor Is arranged as an
Italian roof garden.
The officers OF the. club are Max u.
Britt president; Ernes. 4. G;runsfald.
first v!ce-president: Irving l.. Ernst. sec
cnd vice president; Carl Bome!slcr, treas
urer: Eugene W, Kahn. secretary. The
directors are Louis Auerbach, Martin
Beck. IL Seymour Eismau. William :.
Gordon. Benedict J. Greenhut. Max Hops
= D. Ledesdorf. Samuel H. Levy. julius
Loeb and Isaac u. Stern.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
F. A. VANDERBILT A WITNESS.
Says lie Accepted Union Pacific Hal
nnces as Correct.

Frank A. Vanderlip president of the
National City Bank and a director Of
tho Union Pacific Railroad. was put on
the witness stand yesterday before SUI
preme Court Justice Page and asked but
one question In the suit brought by somo
Of the holders OF preferred stock OF tho
Union Pacific to restrain the directors
from cutting up the $4,000 oo0 melon on
the ground that the roads undivided sur
plus IL not large enough 20 warrant the
distribution of so large a sum-
MIR. Nanderlip, who was one Of the
directors who voted for the distribution
to the holders OF the common stock. which
the plaintiffs are trying to restrain waa
asked whether ne knew personally thai
the balance sheets OF the railroad. which
had heca put In evidence. were correct.
Mr. Nander,ip said:
II cannot say positively that the Union
pacific's balance sheet Is absolutely cor
rect In every detail because 7 did not
add 1t up or go into the figure behind
each item. any more than do when look
ing over the balance shee. OF the National
City Bank or any other corporation with
which am connected.
81 assume that the officers who pro-
pared the balance sheet employed COM
petent accountants. and I nave confidence
in the figures furnished by the auditors
The case was not completed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
KINGSBURY IMPUDENT,
SAYS FATHER FARRELL
Declares Man Proud Of Being
Hobo and Jockey Can't
Instruct Him.

Just after his appointment as Conn
missioner OF Charities" said tho Rev
w. Is. Farrell OF SITS. Peter and Paul
Church OF Brooklyn In a statement last
night Il saw In one of the papers a
large portrait of Mr.. KIngsbury and
around IL an approved interview In which
he recited. rather boastfully thought,
among other things that in his past
he had been horse jockey and a hobo.
j do not think that the Commissioners
previous training or his experiences at
North Yakima were such as entitle him
to instruct me In either ethics or morals. {"
The Commissioner and Father Farrell
have been firing hot shot at each other
for some time. The priest claims that he
is at disadvantage because Commits
sioner Kingsbury has press agent
and In getting glowing accounts OF his
accomplishments In the Sunday news
papers. These are some of the jabs
made yesterday by the priest
1T must be remembered that I said
nothing about him or his department UNI
I'll after by continued publication he ha,
alarmed the whole town on the evil con-
ditions in his hospitals. and had 50 filled
the poor with the dread that many feared
10 go to them. I deprecated hts course
in this matter. for | saw the harm he
was doing and had heard In many places
OF the bad name he was giving his de.
par;ment and the city.
~ had practical knowledge also OF
his rejection OF cases the private hos
pitfalls had actually treated. On the most
trivial prstcNts. and his willingness &c
broadly condemn the hospitals as n whole
on exceptional and individual Incidents
'''rhe Commissioner, referring 10 my
statement AZ the Academy OF Medicine
where I said that his midnight visit &c
the institutions Oh the islands was theat
rical. says that such a characteristics
was nothing short OF damaging and Sian
derous.' Well. the statements mad,
were not false.
THE threat Of n lawsuit for anything
I have said or done In this matter give
me no alarm. 7 wonder n the Commits
sioner realizes what he is threatening ant
the results Of Il 10 himself. Ills talk of
this line to mo seems both childish an,
| impudeut"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
VICTORIA HAS NEW MANAGER.
Arthur Hammerstein Succeeds to
Ills Late Brothers, Position.

Arthur IIammerstein is to succeed his
brother. the late William Hammerstein.
as manager OF the Victoria Theatre and
roof garden There Is to be no change
In the policy of the theatres and the new
manager. so far as Is possible, will follow
the custom OF his late brother in seeking
novel acts, policy which made the
Victoria popular during its fourteen years
existence under his direction.
In recent years Arthur Hammerstein's
activities have been mainly confined to
producing musical plays, and he was as
ISOLATED with his father. Oscar Hammer
stein. In the management OF the Manhat-
tan Opera House when grand opera was
given there. lie will do no further pro-
ducing. but his present holdings will be
in evidence next season.
His last production will be THE Trap
by Richard Harding Davis and Jules Eek
ert Goodman. In which Tully Marshall and
Charles Richmond will appear and which
will be tho only drama he has produced
There will be two road companies OF
High links In addition to the New
York company. which will resume its run
in August, and 1.-THE Firefiy" will again
go on tour. Loney Haskell. who was for
many years associated with william Ham.
merstein In the management Of the Vic.
toria, will continue with Arthur Hammer
stein In the same capacity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
CAPT, CAREY TO HEAD
HOMICIDE BUREAU
Woods Moves Successful Dctec-
tive From Brooklyn to Old
Post Under Bingham.

Police Commissioner Arthur Woods has
transferred to the detective bureau at
Manhattan Capt. Arthur A. Carey. who Is
in command OF the Fourth avenue station.
BROOKLYN. Capt. Carey will have charge
OF a special squad OF picked men. whose
duty It will be to handle the more hnpor-
tant homicide and other cases.
Carey has long been described as
natural born detective. He was tutored
by the late Inspector Thomas Brynes, and
in his former active days handled some
OF the cltys biggest criminal cases. He
was a side partner of the late Inspector
James McCaferty. who was placed In
charge of the detective bureau by former
Commissioner Bingham.
Mr. Woods. as Fourth Deputy Commits
sioner under Bingham, put Carey In
charge OF the homicide bureau" Carey
ran It so efficiently that during the Cur
ran investigation several representatives
OF the District Attorneys office referred
20 his work In the highest terms. Ex-
Commissioner Waldo abolished the homi-
eide bureau and transferred Carey to
brooklyn
The captain worked on the Molineux
and Kennedy murder cases He was cred
tied In his preparation of papers with pos
seseing unusual legal knowledge OF the
value of evidence.
Commissioner Woods has promulgated
an order giving the detective division
us original title OF Detective Bureau
The bureau Is in charge OF Inspector
Faurot.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
100000 DWELLING SOLD.

The iydig residence at IS East Fifty
second street. valued at sl5o.00O, has
been sold The buyer is Il person of prom
In, nee who will make the house his nome.
IT Is "a nve story American basemen;
dwelling on lot 25.6 feet wide and lOo.o
feet ep, about l2i feet east OF Mad.-
son avenue. Til. city values the housl
at 100000. but Mrs. Rita ~. De Alba
I.ydls. who owns IL. has held the property
in the market at 100000. She Is now
in Europe. and negotiations leading :"
the sale Of the house have been conducted
nv cable. The house Is In one OF the
best residential blocks south OF Central
PARK Among those who have houses
there arc Henry Trevor, oliver Harr!-
man. Ermino J. Proal. Natalie w. Peters.
Mari y. Vnrnun II Van r. Kennedy
Edward II. WIS., and william X. Wander
bll,. william r. May & Co. were the
brokers IN the sale.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
WAR STAMP TAX IS UPHELD.
Government Wins Test Case o
Marine Insurance Companies.

Judge Learned Hand In the United
States District Court yesterday dismissed
n test suit against the Government by
which marine insurance companies hoped
TO recover millions of dollars paid out
by them during the Spanish
war as n taY on the insurance OF exported
cargoes. This tax was paid In the form
OF a stamp. which had to accompany all
policies and was provided for by the
war revenue act OF 1895.
The plaintiff was the Thames and Mer-
sey Marine Insurance Company. which
sought to recover $500. Everett T..
Wheeler. attorney for the plaintiff, ar
gued that the war tax violated Section {?
Article L. of the Constitution, which pro-
vides that no tax or duty he laid on any
article exported from any State.
Judge Hand in unfolding the demurrer
OF Assistant United States Attorney
Spence declared that the stamp could not
| rightly be considered a tax on an export.
The Judge gave the plaintiff company
| time to amend its complaint The case
is expected TO go to the Supreme Court
| Of the United States
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
CRIME MOVIE GREATEST
EVIL, SAYS PINKERT0N
Detective Tells Police Chiefs
Films Of Underworld Sug-
gest Depravity.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. June 17.--Moving
pictures are among the greatest and most
insidous SUCCESSORS OF evil 10 the country.
so William A. Pinkerton OF the Pinkerton
Detective Agency told the convention of
police chiefs In It's session here to-day. He
said that hardly n day passes that he
does not read of the practical effect Of
filling boys mind with crime. and
robbers and holdups should be forbidden
by law.
lie said that he had only recently
turned down offers from moving picture
concerns to take part In running down
a gang OF nlm bank robbers, and to super
Intend tho staging of the life OF Adam
Worth. the famous International crook
who stole the Gainsborough painting.
within the province OF the moving
pictures lies dangerous power for evil
that cannot he too seriously considered
A written story OF crime aud human
fruilty may pass from memory. but a
pictured dclineaton Is ap; TO remain
Take a serial picture Of sordid crime
like those that illustrate the shocking
features Of white slavery. drug depraTty
and gunner gangs. What good purpose
can any normal person expect them &c
serve? To the rough and weak and
ignorant /: IL Ike throwing more fue
upon n fire already hard 90 control.
'"rhcrc are those afleld to-day In this
inviting business who ought To he brough,
to book bluntly for their sins on ;his
score.
THE motion picture is now, and VII
become more so. one OF the greatest cdu
catloual factors In modern life. Tho for
bidding scenes OF the underworld are tn,
snakes IN the grass that should be scotchet
and crushed for the general good OF
most worthy business as we'll as the pro
lection OF tho world at large"
slit skirts and glove fitting dresses
came In for a discussion. Chief Michae
Regain OF Buffalo declared the prevailing
styles in dress were demoralizins ant
conducive to lawlessness. Detective VIII
lam A. Plnkerton said there was no US
protesting as the women would have thei
way Chief Downey OF Detroit said tn
slit skirt was becoming.
Chief Gallagher OF Montclalr, y. j
chairman Of the board OF executives
dropped the name Of William J. Burn
from tile honor roll to-day. His actio
will be discussed on Friday and official &C
ton taken by the convention. Chief Tuli
ard of Altoona, Pa. predicted aeroplan
criminals for the future. Cincinnati wa
announced az the 1915 convention city.