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The Washington times., 1914-02-10
National Committee Drives Out
Many Objectionable Feat
ures of the Past.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

1t Nould be a rather unreasonable e
player. coach or even mere spectator
who would complain against the
changes that have been Incorporated
In the football rules by the national
committee having in charge the code.
The barring Of tho coaches from the
sldelines was the most radical and
at the same time the most reasonable
OF all the alterations made in the
code that will prevail on the white
Tibboned fields of next autumn. Why
the coaches were ever allowed to pa
rade the foul line has never been
clearly explained.
While there was a rule prohibiting
the members from coaching, there
was an unTritten regulation which
allowed the man in charge to flash
signals to his field general in such a
manner that gencraIship degcnerated
to the place where it was the match
ing OF the brains OF one coach against
another, rather than leaving the prop
osition of directing plays to the men
in uniform. who, as a matter of fact.
usually got the blame or the credit
in outlining the plan of action on the
field.
While there may have been a few
COS achcs who observed the rule as it
appeared in the book. the vast ma
iority found novel and unique means
of getting around it, The shift Of
the hat. the movement Of the ToOt, or
the placing of the hand in a certain
position wirelessed to the quarter
back the desire of the coach when
certain places in the field were
reached.
.
One instance of which we happen to
know came in a Carlisle Indian-Penn-
syNania game a few wears back. Penn
was conceded to have much the stronger
team, and Carlisle's whole chance of
getting in front depended upon the tim
ing OF a sudden offensive movement that
was being depended upon to score. The
signal was to be in q trombone solo from
one of the men in the Redskin cheering
section in the north stand at Franklin
Field. When the psychological moment
The Washington times., 1914-02-10
BrOoklanderS Land
Game by One Point

A single point gave Catholic Cniver-
.ity a victory over the strong St Johns
uuint from Brooklyn last night at Car
roll Institute, the final score being IS
to II. Danny Keegan. the G. L. guard,
was the individual star OF the contest
DonneIly and Tracy. the crack for
wards. were a bit off color last night
Had they played their usual game the
BrookIanders' victory would have come
more easily.
The Washington times., 1914-02-10
Enters Relay Team.

Catholic University has entered a
relay team in the big indoor meet at
baltimore Saturday night CAPTAIN
Fields. Horn, A. Sullivan and NJ. Lynch
have been selected to represent the Red
and Black against Franklin and Mar
shall. Lynch will also appear in the
SOo-yard run, while Captain Fields will
run In the open quarter.
The Washington times., 1914-02-10
Double-Header Tonight.

In the double header OF the Interfra-
ternity Basketball League in the Epiph-
any gymnasium tonight the quints OF
Deita Tau Delta and Phi Sigma Kappa
will clash in the opening game. The
first game will start promptly at s
o'clock. Will Handiboe will officiate.
The Washington times., 1914-02-10

Monday nights rolling on local alleys
brought out more new individual and
team records than probably any other
night of the season. The nature Of the
rotals was not so high, but the num-
er Of circuits which now have new
marks to aim al has increased ina
ce=ialIy during the past Iwent -four
hoUrs In the Commercial League
WaIly, rolling on the General Baking
Company team, made a new figure for
nigh individual game. il being IL. He
also made high set for the evening;
when he turned in a total of 3G4
Again in the Southwestern Junior
DuCkDin League, q team Of youngsters,
The MOuntainrOcks which are leading,
ct a new standard for high game when
hey contributed q total of J4. For
q boys league this mark compares
veil to any similar circuit In the COun-
Ivy. The class Of games down on their
alieys is improving with every set and
al they need now is to roll off some
Hack games.
From Alexandria, Va. comes the en-
couraging word that the Westminster
Tenpin League, which is still in its in
fancy. is thriving TO the entire salts
faction Of the officers and entire men,
bership. Six teams belong to this Or
The Washington times., 1914-02-10

ganization, they being distinguished by
numbers up to the figure six.
Team No. is at present leading the
circuit with a record of ten games
won and four games lost. Among the
hest individual rollers that have proved
their capabilities to date are Captain
Minor, of Team No. 4, and Captain Ca
ton, Of Team No. s. Clark and Nc
Cleary. of Team No. o. have also proved
timber.
The Washington times., 1914-02-10
LAST NIGHTS BEST
BOWLERS
DUCKPINS.

DUCkPINS.
Farwell, Y. M. C. A. ........ 1i9
Caldwell, Georgetown Com. 117
Stewert, M. Baers. 1I2
Downey, Arcade. 151
Hawksworth, District. ..... 12S
Rawlings, Mt. Pleasant..... ia
Mercer, Harvards. s.......... ia
Hummer, Mercantile. ....,. lib
E. Dore, Northeast. ZIG
Schrevine, Raccar Club. go. 116
Holden, Drillery. ........... 1GS
Mccarthy, Pitmans. ....... 1G2
Pearson, Postal Savings. 80. 1872
Jeffries, Southwest Jrs. LIZ
Valley, Commercial. ....... las
Stone, Carroll. ............... los
Mullin, Genoas. s............. 10S
TENPINS.
Lamster ................. 223
The Washington times., 1914-02-10
ADJUSTMENTS
SYNOPSIS.

Following the irrssistibly funny
matrimonial tangle OF Act 1. a
rapid mobilization Of all the char
acters Is affected Among them Is
Victor's millionaire uncle who dos
not know he is divorced. With dis
Inheritance staring him In the faca
Victor coerces Bouchotte to loan
him his wife Delphine, who was
formerly Fictor's wife. and Who
dares not refuse because Victor Is
his superior officer. Bouchotfa
adds to the confusion by passins-
on Bimboule, the Persian woman.
as his wife to the old martinez
colonel commanding the barracks-
The unexpected arrival OF Victor'a
present Wife, Simoae. makes the en-
suing comolications absolutely BE-
wiiderins at this point. where an
;he characters are involved In the
thirty-third degree OF deception and
laughter is at white heat.
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Up at the Arcade alleys the orEaniza-
ton which is known by that name has
a new mark for high Individual game.
When Downey rolled with the I'm
perials against the Bankers he spilled
Isl pins in his third game. Bankers took
two out Of three in games.
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3
a new mark for high Individual game.
When Downey rolled with the I'm
perials against the Bankers he spilled
Isl pins in his third game. Bankers took
two out Of three in games.
Scores which averaged well around SIS
featured the team rolling when the Gar
risons took two out Of three from the
Goodfellows in the District League. This
rise In totals Is only in keeping with
the general improvement which has been
noted in the circuit and a rapid-fire
finish is sure TO be seen as the end of
the season approaches.
Dulin. the second roller in the line
up Of the District National Bank outfit
pulled many difficult spares when his
team dropped two to the Young Mems
set of 800 was high, and Hummer's
game Of i15 was the best individual
game recorded.
Greggs lost the first game of the sea-
son in the Drillery League when Pit
set Of three games. This young league
Is progressing to the satisfaction of its
officers, and the games rolled at the
Diamond alleys are improving nightly.
Team "B'' barely escaped a white
NdShilS "Hen IL won tne rlrSt game
from the team A rollers in the Postal
Savings League, by an advantage Of
one pin.
Manhattans won the third game after
a roll-off with the Virginians and
thereby made its victory in games read
two to one against the latter.
A bargain night was the attraction AZ
the Potomac alleys when the tail-end
C1arendons took three in a row from the
NJ. Beers and the Potomacs pocketed
two out of three from the Murtaugh
Shop outfit.
Over at the Y. N. c. A. alleys. Wa
schusetts made a clean sweep of the
alleys in their first set with the Della
wares.
The Washington times., 1914-02-10

With but two postponements in ire
National Capital League to date every
indication points to a prompt pursuance
of the dates in The future and the
hack games are expected to be disposed
~ at an early date. Secretary Whit
rord has lust ssued the corrected
standings Of the league which are fur
77iShed below:
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
JUST RESENTMENT.

The indignation in New Orleans be.
cause of the ignoring of that city
in the proposed location of regional
banks under the new currency law
is very great, but not greater than
the discrimination seems to justify.
If the law had contemplated only
four reserve banks in the whole
country, the natural selections would
have been New York, Chicago, New
Orleans and San Francisco.
If only eight such banks had been
designated by the committee charged
with the original selection, cities
like Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland
and St. Louis would naturally call
for consideration, bntl the omission
Of New Orleans would have been
absurd.
To leave out New Orleans, then,
when the maximum limit of twelve
reserve banks is provided for seems
too utterly ridiculous for serious de-
Tense, and the people of that city
the metropolis of the southern sattes
and the second port of the nation in
the extent and value of its combined
exports and imports, with greater
financial and commercial resources
than Atlanta and Dallas put togeth-
er-have a good right to be mad all
round and clear through.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
Fighting Begun at Tamplco.

The Mexican rebels have begun
operations looking to the capture OF
the city OF Tampico and expect to
repeat their proclaimed success at
Torreon. There is a strong Federal
garrison at Tampico, backed up by
two war vessels, and the struggle for
possession of the important city
promises to be as bloody and hotly
contested as that at Torreon. Not
withstanding the circumstantia1 ac-
counts that have been printed OF the
victory of Gen. Villa at the latter
place, the Huerta government persists
in denying that the city was taken
or the Federals defeated in the bat
tie. 1t is claimed that Gen. Velasco
really outWitted and outfought his
doughty opponent and that a strong
Federal army is being concentrated
at and near Torreon for the purpose
of crushing the Constitute Iiza-1n-I
Ter villa. -
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
Editor Wf1idden In New Field.

The many friends here of Alfred
G. Whidden, who was connected with
this paper some years ago, will be
interested in the following clipping
from the Pine Bluff (Ark.) Morning
Graphic of March %:
"a. G. Whidden, former editor of
the "Texarkanian,' while that paper
vas owned by the Valliants and up
to the time it was sold by them,
will arrive in the city tonight, to
accept the position of editor of the
Graphic, succeeding Victor B. Stew
art, who will leave in a few days
for Toledo, Ohio. Since leaving
Texarkana, Mr.. Whidden has been
connected with the Beaumont Enter
prise, at Beaumont, Texas. He
comes to this paper with strong rec
concentrations as a live news man
and editorial writer
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
Off for Iowa

A party of twenty-six young men
from Donaldsonyille and vicinity left
Eere Monday morning for Cherokee,
Iowa, where they will enter the en-
p.oyment of the Illinois Central Rail
road as members of construction
crews. They were: Leopold Jam
bois, Alexis Jambois,e Charles Jam
bols, Charles Esneault, Oneil Gubard,
Claiborne Leroy, Alcide Leroy, Jr.,
Paul Achee, Paul Dugas, Arthur Cire,
Emile St. Martin, Joseph P. Landry,
Louis Wunstell, Albert Leblanc, Jas.
Il Trepagnier, Edmond Esneault.
Camille Esneault, Wallace simoneaux,
Frank Montero, Phillip Truxillo, Al
exls Poirrier, Felix Hebert, Albert
Babin, Alex. Marchand, SEVERN
Fraud, Ellie Leroy.
In addition to these another crew
numbering twenty-six, from points
along Bayou Lafourche, departed Sun
day morning for Waterloo, Iowa. and
all told something like 200 young
men of this section will go to that
state to work for the Illinois Central
line. They have a six months CON
tract, and transportation both ways
is furnished.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
Teachers, Examinations

The next regular examination of
white applicants for certificates of
qualification to teach in the public
schools of Ascension parish will be
held in the office of the superin-
tendent on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, April 20, q and %, be-
ginning at 10 a. m. each day. All
teachers holding second and third
grade certificates that are about to
expire, as Well as prospective teach
ers, are required to stand this ex-
animation.
Colored applicants for certificates
will be examined Thursday and Fri
day, April 23 and "a. j. L. RUSCA,
SuDt
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
THE DAM MUST COME OUT.

It is not surprNng that the chlei
the United Std army engineers
takes the positidS D that unless con
gress provides at this session Tor the
construction of a lock at the head OF
BAYOU Lafourche or authorizes the
continuance of the dam that now
Interrupts naVigab1e connection De
tween that bayou and the MISSISSIPPI
river. the engineering department
of the government will deem it a
duty to take action looking to the
removal of the dam in the interest
of navigation.
Army officers are trained to en-.
force the law and obey orders. Laily'
dallying and evasion OF duty nave nc
part in their rule OF conduct.
Chief Engineer Kingman, in the let
ter to Secretary ygR. S. Vickers OF
the Rayou Lafour@e Lock Association
nnhlished in las weeks Chief, sets
forth the atloEegard1ng the lock
and-dam proposi1h in the following
clear and concisA erms:
"The act of hgress authorizing
the construction HI this lock and the
maintenance of o. temporary dam
nroyided that hiEsHork must be done
nrior to January Ia 1910.
"The joint Lew boards failed te
construct the 10 within the specl
fled time. and It's department has
refrained from t1Ing action to haye
the dam remove because it was be
Iieyed that all erests could best
he served by wing the dam tc
remain until sud time as the navi
CATION interests ould make it's re
moval imperative
''The river aI harbors act Oh
March 4, 1913, dis for an exam1na
ton and survey of Bayou Lafourche
with a view of its further improve
ment.
'sAs a result If this survey the
War Department how believes the
navigation intel It's are such that
if can no long withhold action in
regard to the rel val of the dam.
'The joint lev boards have there
fore been inforIF that unless con
gressional autho for the construc
ton of the loclbr the continuance
of the dam is $alneu at the pres
ent session of congress, action viii
have to be instituted with view to
the removal of the temporary dam"
This plain and accurate statement
puts the matter up to the leVee
boards so forcibly that comment is
superfluous and9 the duty OF the
boards too manifest to need pointing
out.
If they have not the means to
build the lock and remove the DAM
le them make n showing" of the
fact to the genal government and
appeal to congress for aid.
This viii be eminently more cred.
liable than begging the question and
indirectly evadi 9 the obligation by
asking a further ndefinite extension
oil time with no honest expectation
of providing the funds required to
accomplish the task of substituting a
lock for the dam within the extend
ed period.
An open confession of bankruptcy
is better in morals and practive than
persistence in making promises and
assuming obligations without the abil
ity or intent to redeem them.
To the popular slogan ."The locks
must be built. z is now added the de
$claration of the United States War
Department, as voiced by its chiet
Of engineers, The dam must come
out On the shoulders of the Atcha.
falaya and Lafourehe basin levee
boards rests the responsibility for
the next move toward securing the
two things in their proper order
that is, the building of the locks be-
fore the dam is taken out.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
District Court.
ssion sof district court

Dsssion -of district court ws pn-
|REned Tuesday forenoon, with Judge
Charles T. Wortham on the bench.
In the suit Of e. n. sPugh VS.. Joseph
Webre Co., Ltd, E. Theodore Gravois
receiver, the rule taken by Victor
Loisel, trustee in bankruptcy of the
Webre Company, was dismissed at
his cost and his demands denied, re-
serving to said trustee all the resi-
duary interest the bankrupt had in
the property under seizure and the
proceeds thereof. Messrs. E. N.
Pugh, Walter Lemann and Henry L.
Himel, of Convent, appeared in be-
half of the plaintiff, and w. B. Le-
Bourgeois, Of Convent, represented
Mr.. Loise1. Counsel for the latter
applied for and was granted an ap-
peal to the supreme court, suspen-
sive and deVolutive, returnable May /.
Other business transacted Tues
day was as follows:
Barton t& Barton VS.. Adam Plais-
ance; dismissed at plaintiffs. cost,
a compromise having been reached
between the the parties.
]. P. Hudson & Sons VS.. Success
sion of R. Mccall; exception dis
continued: default entered.
TOPPING, Seidenbach & Larose VS..
John Nargassans;: fixed for May 4.
b. A. Beaverton ct ais VS.. Jos.
H, Brewerton; default entered.
On Thursday the suit OF Bernard
Mistretta ct ais. vs. A. Falsetta ct
ais, involving the internal affairs of
the local Italian benevolent society,
was taken up for trial and occupied
the attention dc the court through
out the day, being continued until
this morning when adjournment was
taken Thursday afternoon.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11

Clifford Pinchot sWears by the
great horn spoon there will be no
compromise between the ProgresslVes
and the RepubIicans-that the Dull
moose and the elephant can never
craze the political pastures in amlty'
Wherefore the Democratic donkey
brayeth joyously.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11

The supreme court OF the United
States has refused to review the
cases of the tWenty-three members
of the national iron-Workers organi-
zation who were convicted at IN
dianapolis, of completely in dynam1t-
ing outrages and condemned to Var1-
GUS terms Of imprisonment in the
penitentiary.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11

Appropriate type selection, neat ar
rangement of wording, first-class
press-Work, fine ink, high quality en-
Velopes and letter paper-that's the
combination you secure when The
Chief prints your office stationery.
Let us have your next order.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11

The front of John Oubre's popu-
lar tonsorial establishment in Rail-
road avenue has been Frightened
with coat Of white paint, and prep
arations are being made to similar
II embellish the front of Montero &
Brande's Opera Cafe.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
lTI0u MEETING.
|1||s el#Z Progressing for Big
GBs2ssHeld in Donald
S5 zzsa|. 19-Gov. Hall

A meetl1 g1Der OF COM
merce wa Ye&Mesday night to
discuss the progress OF arrangements
for the big mass meeting which it
is proposed to hold in this city Sun
day, April 10, for the purpose of
launching an organization to promote
the bringing in of desirable immi-
grants to this section Of the state.
1t was decided to hold a preliminary
meeting at the Chamber OF Commerce
headquarters next. Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock, to b bAattended by two or
three representa- es from each df
the parishes of ascension, Assump-
ton, Iberyille and st. James, with
a view to formulating some concrete
plan Oh action for organizing the i'm
migration association to be submitted
to the general meeting scheduled for
the 18th inst.
Invitations to attend the latter gath
ering and deliver addresses have
been accepted by Governor Hall,
Justin F. Denechaud, secretary of
the immigration division of the State
Board of Agriculture and Immigra-
ton; DR.. w. R. Dodson, director df
the Louisiana state experiment sta
tions; R. R. Claridge, agricultural
agent of the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road; E. P. Gueymard, Of the i'm
migration department of the T. &
P, and President NJ. L. Alexander Of
the State Conservation Commission.
Each OF the speakers will be limited
to 15-minute talks except Governor
Hall, to whom vii 60 allotted as
much tin zssay ne 1sss5
The meeting will be held in two
sections, one to convene at II o'clock
a. m. and the other at 8 p. m: The
latter will be held in the auditorium
of the high school building, and will
consist of an illustrated lecture on
The Resources of Louisiana by
President Alexander of the Con-
servation Commission.
L is planned to have a racing ma
tinee at A-Muz-u Park in the after
noon, and perhaps q baseball game
and other amusements may be ar
ranged. Reduced rates to this city
will be offered from all points on
the T. and P. Railroad, and very
large attendance is expected from
the surrounding parishes, as the
meeting win be widely advertised
and emphasis laid on the Importance
of forming an active, permanent as
sociation with the object Of en-
couraging the immigration of a de-
sirable class ofa small farmers, by
convincing themV of the superiority
of our soil and climate and the un-
surpassed advantages offered to
settlers.
After disposing of the plans for
the immigration meet the Chamber
of Commerce proceeded to the trans
action of other business, including
the adoption of a resolution denounc-
ing the unwarranted discrimination
against New Orleans in the matter Of
recentig rees1lhs Roy 1nasF iaW, and snd
pledging assise 70 the New Or
leans Chamber Commerce in the
fight being wageAby that organization
tSassec cure and justice for
ne res cent q
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11

News comes from the interior or
darkest South America that the
Roosevelt hunting party lost all
their outfit by the capsizing OF a
boat in the rapids of Brazilian rlH-
er. Fortunately the intrepid colonel
and all his companions are safe, ana
it may turn out that he purposely
rocked the boat to get a new ex-
perience with which to thrill the
civilized world at the regular rate OF
a dollar a word.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11

A contemporary comments upon ~
the unusual mortality among WealIhy
men during the past year. ana
we're not feeling so very well our
selves.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11

Seal your troubles and worries in
a box and come to see sam"
.eJohn Pfister1 a mischievous darkey
boy. who will make you forget you
ever. had troubles.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
Death of Mrs. F. c. Ewing.

Many hearts were saddened by the
| news of the death Of Mrs. Eliza
Josephine Kittredge Ewing, a native
of Assumption parish, but for some
years past q resident Of SeWanee,
Tenn, who passed away at 1920
O'Clock p. m. Sunday, March 20, aged
| seventy nine years and seven months.
Her body was conveyed to Thibo-
daux Monday afternoon, and, follow
ing services at st. Johns Episcopal
church conducted by Rev. A. A. Mac
kenzle, was tenderly consigned to a
resting place in the cemetery nearby.
Mrs. Ewing was the widow of the
late DR.. F. c. Ewing, of Lafourche
parish, and daughter of the late DR..
E. e. Kittredge, one of the pioneer
sugar planters of Assumption. She
is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
S. H. Werlein and Mrs. 7. S. Dabney
of New Orleans; three sons, Judge
T. *. Ewing, of Houston; Rev. Quin-
cy Ewing, of Napo1eonville, and DR..
Fayette Ewing, of st. Louis, and one
sister, Mrs. =. C. Itace, Of Sssewanee.
The late Mrs. Emma Kittredge Sims,
of this city, was half-sister of the
deceased.
Mrs. Ewing was one of earth's no.
Bile women, who did life's duties well.
So gracious and lovely was her pres
ence, SO warm and true her nature.
that it was necessary to be with her
only a little while to feel that you
were in the company OF gentleWo-
man and one whose every act in life
was marked By sincerity of princi-
pie and nobleness of purpose. Her
good deeds will live long in the mem
lfY of thnsa mhc lr,ns,nr orni In,rl,d bar |
The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11

Gov. Colquitt of Texas has offered
a reward of $1,000 for the return to
that state of the five Mexicans sus-
pected of the murder of Clemente
Vergara, the American citizen whose
body was recently exhumed in Mexico
and spirited back across the border
It is said that officials Of the state
and war departments at Washington
are apprehensive that Gov. Colquitt's
offer may lead to the kidnapping OF
Mexicans and thus give rise to en-
barrassing complications.