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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-23

We are Informed that the Con.
federate Monument Association is
planning to give an operetta at the
opera house In Franklin some
time during the week commencing
on the 8th Of June, for the benefit
OF the monument fund. The pro.
ceeds Of this entertainment will
be used towards meeting the first
note due on the monument now
On the court house square in
franklin. The Banner bespeaks
ior the association q liberal pat
IonaRe.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-23

It is our business to get new
fresh, attractive bargains for you
Visit our bargain counters, the 5
and 10 cents store.
NEIL MCNEIL.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-23

Water seeks the lowest level
md trade seeks the lowest prices
Ne have It, give us a call: the
and 10 cents store.
NEIL MCNEIL.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-23

An interesting game of ball will
be played tomorrow between the
Garden City team and the Pearce-
Tudors, of New Orleans. Each
team will have extra strong bat
teries. and no doubt splendid
game will be eojoyed by tn e spec
tators. The price of adm ission
will be IS cents, children Is cents.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-05-23

Mr.. Morgan Williams, a sugar
planter we'll known and respected
y Lafourche parish, died in New
Orleans on Tuesday last. He was
4 SON OF Mr.. G. G. Williams, de.
eeased. one of the foremost plant
sfs and business men in this Sec
Hon OF the state. He was the
brother Of Mrs. B. w. Smith, of
this place. wife of Dr.. Beverly w.
Smith. To them and the rest of
his family and kindred the Ban
ner tenders it's deepest eympathy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

Berlin. July 23.-Johann Jakop
Waltz. an artist and caricaturist, has
lust been sentenced to one years NE
nrisonment by the Imperial Supreme
Court for melting class hatred ana
libelling public officials, particularly
the pendarmes and school teachers OF
AIsace-Lorraine. The offences were
contained in a book entitled "My Viii
lage.p which was published some
months ago in France, but has been
sold extensively in the Reichsland ana
other portions of Germany.
The case throws some light upon the
o,,,stence among part of the popuIa-
ton of Alsace-Lorraine OF hatred lor
Germany and reveals their ardent nope
some day to be reunited to France: IL
also aids one to comprehend some OF the
administrative difficulties with whlch
the government of the province mas 10
contend, for Waltz, who writes uhder
tho men name Of Hansi, has been a
r,outbpiece of the Nationalists of the
Reichsland. and there are many others
IF bis stamp. Waltz had already pub
lisbed one book whose sale IN Alsace-
Lorra;ne was made y penal offence be,
cause of its anti-German tendency, ana
he is the author of hundreds OF carr
catures of Germans, German oihelals
and institutions. Withal he is, as the
name indicates, a born German, ana
he declared upon trial that he was not
inimical to Germany. 1t was, ne de-
clared. merely the manner in which the
Reichsland is administered that he was
opposing. Ill, ar,
Village" which is written in French,
were read before the court some OF
VI Sp'von though we are humbied by the
brutal law of the conquerors, IL seems
as II the acts OF injustice against US
are too heavy, that our sorrows are TOO
great. TO make il possible that they
should endure forever. In our ears
ring ever the sacred charges OF our
fathers TO demand our rights as Asa
tians and Lorrainers and to remain
members of the French nation. The
cendarme makes an excursion with MS
Family. The babe in the baby wagon
wears a spiked Prussian helmet. Wher-
ever the gendarme shows himself the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
Annual Wdgneridn Festival
Attracts Many to Bdyreuth
Mime. Wagner Plans to Give
Up Management of I'm
dertaking Soon.
From The Tribune Correspondent

From The Tribune Correspondent
Bayreuth, Germany, July 23.-The
yearly "Festspicle" Of the Wagnerian
Theatre began this week in Bayreuth,
and the famous little city of Francony
is once more crowded with Wagner's ad-
mirers. There has been some difficulty,
it is said. in filling the opera house for
several Of the performances, owing TO
the fact that many of Wagner's wor-
shippers had refused to attend the per-
formances in protest Of Nine. Cosima
Wacner's attitude toward her daughter,
Frau Isolde Beidler, who was compelled
TO sue her recently 10 compel her
mother 10 recognize her as Richard
Wagner's daughter. Frau Beidler lost
her case. but people believe that Frau
Wagner ought never TO have let the
suit come before the public, as she is
morally bound to keep the great name
of Wagner out of public and family
discussion.
There is plenty of royalty in Bay
reuth this year. The Kaiser's fourth
son, Prince August Wilhelm. and his
wife. the artistic princess of the
Hohenzollern family. are here, and so
are me Duke of Orleans, the Duke and
Duchess of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, the
hereditary prince Of Hohenlohe and
many others. The King and Queen Of
Bavaria have promised to attend one
Of the performances. and it will be the
first tine that a Bavarian ruler has at
tended the Bayreuth performances
since the death Of Ludwig II (lSSS), the
mad King, who was Wagner's great
friend and protector.
The programme arranged for this
year includes performances Of the
ring" of Der Ficgende Hollander"
and "Parsifal." The first performance
was the revival Of Der Fliegendc Hol-
lander" under the conductorship Of
Her Siegfried Wagner. The perform
snce was interesting, especially as the
leading ckarscter-the Dutchman--was
taken by sn American singer, Bennett
Challis, of the Hamburg Opera. Mr..
Challis is a native of AtchisOn, Kan,
and has studied in Chicago, where he
expected to become a professor of psy-
chology He studied singing under
Karleton Hackett in Chicago and I'M
der FREDERICK Plasco in Milan. He was
invited by Siegfried Wagner 10 come
to Bayreuth TO study, and he spent one
year here, in the course of which he
-tudied the whole Wagncrian repertory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
RANK TO REWARD
GERMAN FATHERS
Berlin Paper Suggests
Novel Scheme to IN
crease Birth Rate.
rrrom The Tribune correspondent

Berlin, July ga Berlin paper
obviously joking, has suggested a
means of increasing the birth rate
based on the Germans extreme love OF
titles It is that every child living to
be a year old shall raise its parents
one step in rank. that the fourth class
of the Order of the Crown shall be
given TO every father with two chill
dren. and that three children shall
bring the Order Of the Red Eagle, and
so on. OF course, this is Only Joke,
but il seems that the most serious
people are regretting that it is only. a
Joke. There is no doubt that, IL the
scheme were possible, it would work
out brilliantly.
Remarkable statistics are given this
week regarding the increase in di-
vorces, especially in Berlin, which can
claim the name of the German Reno"
Here are the figures for Prussia: In
1911 9782 divorces, in 1912 6,797, and
in 1913 1l,162.
Since 1901 the number of divorces
has constantly increased. In the last
ten years the increase has been 1879 per
cent, and the exact figure is now f47
divorces for 100000 marriages. In Ber-
lin the percentage is one divorce for
ten marriages.
II is calculated that IL the present
state of affairs continues in 1851 there
will be no married persons who have
not at some time been divorced, except
those who have just welded for the
first time.
There are 100000 children, mostly
under three years old, orphaned by
their parents divorce, and at the pres
emit rate of increase the number will
reach 100000 in few years.
The growth Of luxury, increasing i'm
morality and perpetual night life are
said to be the principal contributing
factors. especially in Berlin. Many Of
the Berlin night cafes only open their
doors at 4. m, and several open after
tho csbarets and dance halls are closed
and continue till daylight. TO see men
in evening dress returning home at 10
O'Clock In the morning is not unusual,
Inter den Linden Is about as
crowded in the small hours as at mid
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
SUICIDE GROWING
In RUSSIAN ARMY
DR.. Prozoroff Notes In
crease of $50 Per Cent
in Seven Years.
tFrom The Tribune Correspondent

tFrom The Tribune Correspondent
St. Petersburg, July 21.-Dr. Prozor-
off presented to a Moscow society n
report which shows that suicide claims
huge percentage Of both the Russian
and German armies The difference is,
however, that suicide shows rapid in
crease in the Russian army, while in
Germany the figures are declining.
There were IA cases of suicide in
the Russian army in 1905, and in 1912
the figures had mounted to 4O5, so that
in seven years the number of suicides
increased about $50 per cent. The fig
ures for 1913 are not yet available, bu'
according to DR.. Prozorof there were
377 cases of suicide in the first eight
months of 1913 and 1S9 unsuccessful
attempts.
What is considered the worst feature
iq that i'm 1913 seventy-two of the sui
eidos were officers. According TO a
recent calculation the total number OF
suicides in the German army since
1870 has been 10,439, or about 24O Il
year. Besides this, there has been a
v.arlv average Of between 1870 and l5O
attempts at suicide in the same army. i,
In Russia the great majority OF
army suicides is officially laid to IN
sanity and alcoholism, while AFTER
these causes are "unpleasantness IN
the service" and nostalgia. Among the
officers. money troubles and disappolnt-
nent in love are the chief causes.
Another point is that most OF the
sricideg occur in the spring.
There has been no practical lnvestl-
cation SO far as 10 the causes OF IN,
Sanity and drinking, but 1t is pointed
ont that a large percentage OF the nus
SIAN troops are stationed IN desoia,e
plsces in Central Asia or Siberia, WINE
tbere is also a rule, practically al,
wsvs followed out, that recruits shan
nerform their service in localities re-
mote from their homes, so that soioieI
rom little Russia often hnds that ne
must spend three years IN foisnu'
where the language even is unknown
10 him. while a soldier from foiahu
would have to pass his time IN ne
service in the Caucasus or the WIN
solitude Of the Perm Forests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

in German under the best masters. His
success as "Hollander" was great, IN
spite OF his strong American accent.
His voice was generally admired, and
also his comprehension Of the part.
The small part Of Mary was taken by
Nine. Schumann-Heink. Among the
other singers well known to Americans
who sing in Bayreuth this year one
must quote Herr Sooner, Herr Kirch-
off, Nine. Gulbransson, Nine. Forti and
Nine. Won Nildenburg.
Nine. 'Cosima Wagner, who is nearly
eighty years old, expects to give up the
management of the Bayreuth under
taking and leave it entirely in the
hands of her son, Siegfried. She has
appointed her friend, the former Wag-
merriam singer Frau Reuss-Belce, gen
eral stage manager. 1t is the first time
that this important position has been
filed by woman in Germany, and the
stage effects of DER Fliegende Hol-
lander" seem to prove that Frau Wag-
ner has shown good judgment in the
choice Of Frau ReussBeice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
AUTHOR PUNISHED FOR
ALSACE-LORRAINE BOOK
Ant-Germ Sentiments in Volume Lead to charge or
Libeling Public Officials and Conviction FOL
lows in Imperial Supreme Court.

children and the birds stop singing.
The most beautiful festal day for the
AIsatians is the national day of the
French. Then they all make a trip to
Nancy, and at night, when the gen
darme sleeps, they return home. Their
wagons bear French flags. The Alsatian
village lies peaceful in the night. Far
off one hears the cannons OF German
fortress. It is the cannons OF BltScn.
Our oppressors know that only steel
can hold what they have won with steel.
But the 'Asatian, full Of faith IN
France. hears also the echo Of French
cannon and says to himself: over the
border, too, they are keeping watch
1.-THE German tourists go arrogantly
through the village like parvenus, their
noses high in the air, in order to make
US forget whence they came. They com
plain increasingly and are satisfied with
nothing. They destroy the harmony or
the landscape with their lack OF taste.
Other passages praise the French
tourists and declare that the Alsatlan
children instinctively love them. The
children pledge each other not to JOIN
in cheers for the German Emperor,
but only to open their mouths, so as
TO make the authorities think they are
cheering. When loyal Germans, com.
ing from some celebration in honor OF
the Emperor, go through the village
cheering the real Alsatians have dim
Guilty in preserving their equanlm'ty'
"Until late in the night these cheers
for the Emperor are heard. sounding
like the howls Of wild beasts"
The court at Colmar, before which
the prosecution Of Waltz was begun,
declared that "My Village" afforded
sufficient basis for prosecution Tor
high treason. Therefore, the case was
sent to the Supreme Court, which alone
has jurisdiction in such proceedings:
The States Attorney at Leipsic SLOWED
the charge of high treason to fall, and
the prosecution was had only for libel
and Indictment to class hatred.
The court granted Waltz three days
in which TO take farewell Of his Tela..
lives. lie promptly took fsreweli OF
Germany. and it is probable that ne
will not return. Doubtless this is e1-
aetly what the prosecution was hoping
for as il means the forfeiture OF
Waltz's bail Of S6.250 and that Ter
many will heneefOrth be rid OF him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
Witness Great Demonstra-
tons and Are Anxious
to Get Away.
EMPIRE ANXIOUS TO
ENTER INTO BATTLE
Americans in Austria in Diff.
cuItieS-Chicago Railway
Commission Halted.
[By cable TO The Tribunal

Berlin. August 1-Believing war to
be impending many Americans left
Berlin this week for England, but not
before they witnessed scenes never be-
fore seen by them. The spirit Of war
was present everywhere, as well as the
unbridled display of patriotism and
clamor for war. They watched
amazed. crowds cheering for a declara-
ton of war, and also great patriotic
demonstrations. One prominent Amer
lean who witnessed an outburst OF
cheering in front of the Austrian En-
bassv declared that it seemed that all
Germany was paving the earth In her
eagerness to get into the fracas.
Berlin is still full Of Americans de-
snIte tic Outward rush. Many are tar
,ying here who expected TO go TO vi
emma Prague and to the Bohemian
watering places, but scores of Ameri-
cans who have been dilatory about
leaving Carlsbad and other Austro-
Hungarian health resorts are now con-
fronted with unexpected difficulties, as
all Austrian railroads are reserved fer
government use. Those Americans
having automobiles are considered
lucky, although automobile parties run
the risk of being delayed.
The American Embassy and the con-
sulate general are receiving appeals for
passports, and are also getting con-
slant injuries from scared Americans
az to the ACCESSIBILITY Of remaining in
Europe.
A. R. Thompson, former American
Vice-Consul General at Berlin, who has
lust been transferred to Salonica, is
now obliged to postpone departure Tor
Greece owing to transportation diff
culties connected with the European
war cloud Mr.. Thompson hopes to
leave on Sunday for the South.
The Chicago Railway Commission
has been forced to abandon its trip TO
Vienna. and expects to arrive IN Berlin
in a few DAYS. but it is not known how
far Investigations can be made, because
fbe disturbed conditions in Germany
NAV preclude the proposed study oil
the terminals at Leipsic, Frankfort
Dresden, Hamburg and KEEL.
Major Cluett, Of the Signal Corps o.
the National Guard of New York, 10
awaiting Developments here TO see
whether it will be necessary t. a6an-
don his intended trip to Austria-hun-
gary and the Balkans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
HUNGARY LIKES NEW HEIR
Archduke Francis Joseph Is
Popular There.

Budapest, July 21.-While the new
heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne,
the Archduke Charles Francis Joseph,
is not so well known in Hungary as III
Austria, his popularity has been
spreading with the, telling ofnumerous
anecdotes illustrative of his democratic
simplicity.
The story Of his honeymoon, when
came with his marriage to the Prin-
cess Zita of Parma in 1911, has 1t that
from Warholtz Castle the young
couple journeyed regularly to the VII
lage to sec the moving picture shows.
When the films lost their novelty they
ordered new reels for the proprietor.
Again. while in Pozsony, the ancien;;
coronation city of Hungary, the royal
connie entered a barber shop to buy a
comb. They were recognized by three
officers being shaved, who jumped from
their chairs and saluted with lathered
faces. to the establishment of the bar
bers.
The Archdukc's sympathy Tor Hum
gary is we'll known. and both he anu
his princess speak the Hungarian lar
o1,age we'll. II is said the new her.
and mis- consort have chosen the mag
nificent royal palace at Buda as their
abode.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
New York Banker Takes
Gloomy View for Eu-
rope, However.
SEES TREMENDOUS
DEMAND FOR GRAIN
William A. Clark Also Expresses
Similar Opinions - Many
Americans in France.
~ - 10 - rrlbunc. ]

by cable 60 Tho Tribune
3 y iris. Aug. Among the Americans
wat lett Paris for Deauville yesterday
Is Daniel g. Reid Of New York, who
bkes = very gloomy view OF the sltua-
Ton in Europe. but says the United
hates will certainly be the first coun-
lry 10 recover from the present fnan-
tial, commercial and industrial crisis.
A tremendous European demand fer
American grain supplies is sure 10
como. he thinks.
William A. Clark. who is also in Paris,
Jays thc outlook for Europe is simply
ppallmC, but did not worry himself
.st al about commercial and trade o9t-
ookS IN tho United States. Walker ID.
ines railroad man, now here, cN-
~cssC7 similar opinions.
other Americans IN Paris arc kegl-
D I'D g.. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Wander
1 h. Martin Nogel. Assistant Treasurer
I'd the United States; the Rev. DR..
Z 1arics 5. MacFarland, secretary oil the
~ horal Federation Of Protestant
O. lrches in America. and the Rev. Dr.
Isl Ieuck Lynch. both or thoir way TO
~ TArnational Church Peace Con-
ctekce: Mrs. Marshall Field and her
q eptlew Spencer Eddy; Mrs. Eddy, Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond McCupe, Mr.. AID
2Irst ". Benedict Cobb and Curtis
Benaaict, Of New York; Lawrence God
Sin, tG. Griswold, Mrs Edith Wharton,
Mr land Mrs. Frank R. Hall, Mr.. and
Mrs1 David Price. Mr.. and Mrs. Mount
fcr1 Mills. Mrs. w. Curtis, Miss {. n.
Dynorret: William II. Crane, OF New
York: Judge Norman S. Dixie, Of New
Io~k, and Robert Fox.
SIR. az Mrs. Hamilton tlsh snd Mr.
and Mrs. Deming Jarves have left tor
Dinsrd. and Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley MOI
timer for st, Moritz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
NEW MONEY 40 YEARS OLD
Crisis Forces Bank of France
to Open Vaults.
fBy Cable to The tribune. I

Paris, Aug. 1.-The Bank Of France
is to-day devoting eight branch Offices
to the sole purpose of changing larger
notes for newly issued small ones OF
the value Of 90 francs and 5 francs.
Fear has begun to grow in Paris
banking circles that the amopnt OF sill
yer In existence in France may not be
sufficient TO meet the demand put on
the banks 5-franc pieces. which were
sparingly doled out yesterday. They
look as though they were fresh from
the mint. They bear, however, the
date Of 1873. They have lain in the
vaults of the Bank Of France for forty
years until this national crisis called
them into activity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
DOMESTIC SERVICE LEADS
Indoor Servants 0utnumber
All Others in England.

London. July 25.-There are mors
persons engaged in domestic service IN
England and Wales than in any other
industry or service in the two ccun-
tries. Domestic indoor servants, &C
cording to the census returns, NUMBER
1922 ,s3s, of whom Al, 765 are men,
Exclusive Of domestic service, agri-
culture affords employment to more
persons than any other single industry
or service. their being i,229,555 farm
workers, Of whom 94.s4i are women.
In coal mining 97l,236 persons are
engaged, including 37.ls5 women. who
nowadays are employed in the lighter
work on the surface, such as sorting.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-03-05
DEATHS
Miss JESSIE METHEYY

Miss Jessie MethenY's death, which an
nouncement was made in last week 8
issue OF the paper, died on last Thursday
morning at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. J. Metheny, in Terra Alta.
The deceased was trained nurse, having
graduated from the Cook hospital IN
Fairmont several years ago, after which
she became the head nurse of the Foreman
hospital in Buckhannon. Her health
failing her while in this institution, she
then took up private nursing, in the
meanwhile taking trip 20 Colorado for
her health. Soon after she returned TO
her home where she fought for more than
three years that dreaded disease, the
white plague, but was unable to find any
help. During her illness she spent most
of her time in Kingwood with her sister,
Mrs. Charles Spindler, where she not
only endeared herself to the immediate
family but to wide circle OF friends who
mourn with the relatives IN their sad loss.
The funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon from the Terra Alta
NJ. f. church, conducted by Rev. Claude
Fl. King, assisted by Rev. A. d. Craig,
OF Kingwood. A very large congregation
filled the church, showing their sympathy
and sorrow for one that they had learned
to know and love 80 much. The flowers
which were very beautiful, covered the
casket, and goodlY portion banked in
the room where the deceased lay in state.
Besides the parents, five sisters and two
brothers mourn the departure. Miss
MethenY was a member of the Methodist
church, having joined in girlhood and
lived through all these years beautiful
Christian life, and died triumphantly in
the faith. She was also member of the
Sisters Of Rebekah lodge which body at
tended the funeral. The people of King
wood join with the family in their be-
reavement.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-03-05

Whom Coping Falls from Knights o,
Pythiss Building In Ro~Issbure

The coping along the top OF the X. OF
p. building at Rowlesburg fell with a
crash about six o'clock on last Saturday
evening, crushing TO death child and
defacing the entire front OF the building.
Earl Bishop, aged nine years, son OF
ii. +. Bishop, b. 60. locomotive engi-
neer, was playing in the street in front of
the building when the bricks gave way
and fell thirty feet to the pavement be-
low, catching him underneath. The
child's body was severely mangled and
the skull fractured; he lived for an hour
and half after the accident.
The structure, which Is of brick veneer
and two stories high, had wide coping
at the top OF the second story. Leakage
from defective roof had seeped down
between the bricks and the siding boards
and this water contracted and expanded
by the recent thaws and freezes had so
weakened the joints that the entire front
above the second story windows gave
way, precipitating several thousand bricks
TO the street below. The display windows
in front Of Adams q Moore's store,
which occupies the first floor, were smash
ed and some goods damaged.
1t was quite fortunate that the casualties
were not greater, as the sidewalk in front
OF this building is usually crowded at this
time in the evening. Several people were
near enough to be struck by bounding
bricks.