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Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Militia staff Reoraanized.

Baton Rouge.-Governor L. E. Hall
has Issued an order recognizing the
staff and corps departments OF the
state militia so as to conform to cir
cular s, of the Division Of Military AT
fairs, and section Is of the military
laws. The order. effective January /,
prescribes the organization. Of the de-
partment to be as follows: Adjutant
generals department, adjutant gener-
al with the rank of brigadier general:
inspector generals department. one
major; Judge advocate generals de-
partment, n major; quartermaster's
corps, n major. two captains; medi.
cal department, two majors, ten cap
tains and ~lieutenants; ordnance de-
partment, n major.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Receiver for PLANTING COMPANY

= -uH.sEe..u N.--H# EHt' e4
Observation-Disclosures the petition
OF the A. Wilbert's Sons Lumber and
Shingle Company, of Plaquemine, Ern-
est Loeb, of the New Orleans machin.
cry firm of Haubtman & Loeb, has
been appointed receiver of the Belle
Helene Planting Company, Ltd, oper-
ating the Belle Helene Sugar Factory.
The petitioners are the holders of
about s4C0 claims against the defend
ant company. The defendants admit
the concern to be insolvent. Mr.. Loeb's
bond a fixed at $4,000. The sugar
house owned by the corporation is one
of the best equipped and most mod.
ern IN the state, and is estimated 10
be worth in the neighborhood Of $3.50.
600. George B. Reuss, owner of the
Germania and Elise plantations, is the
president Of the company.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
News Of the State
IS AssAlLANT
Man Uass Gun I'D landed to Him b,
His Son.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
AleXandria.-Phil Hebert, Jr., was
shot and killed nea Bagdad, in Grant
parish. 1t is alleged that Buck Har.
per fired the fatal shot. The details
of the tragedy were related by Sheriff
Perkins, of Colfax, over the telephone
to District Attorney Hunter of this
city.
Sheriff Perkins slater that Hebert
and Harper had some words over buy
ing hay, and that Hebert, during a
scuffle with Harper, shot Harper in
the thigh. Before Hebert could get
away On his horse Harper's son
brought him a shotgun from the house,
and he killed Hebert. The shot took
effect in his abdomen.
Sheriff Perkins stated that Harper,
although badly wounded in the thigh,
resisted arrest and declared he would
not be taken alive.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
SPECIAL DAYS IN SCHOOLS
State Superintendent Suggests Pro-
gram for Many Occasions.

Western Newspaper Union News Services.
Baton R~ouge.-State Superintendent
of Education T. H. Harris has issued
a pamphlet for the use of public
schools containing material and sug-
gestions suitable for the special day
exercises required of all public
schools throughout the state for 1914.
Four special days have been added
to the list contained in the 1918 pam.
phlet; Fire Prevention Day, Red Cross
Day, Agricultural Day and Flag Day,
bringing the total number Of special
days to be celebrated In the schools
up to eleven. These are: Fire Pre-
vention Day, October 9; Columbus
Day, October IL; Red Cross Day, De-
cember 10; Health Day. January 16;
Lee Day, January 10; Arbor Day, Feb
ruary 8; Washington's Birthday, Feb.
ruary %; Agricultural Day, March 30;
Louisiana Day, April 80; Bird Day,
May 10; Flag Day, June IA.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10

ALL METAL WORKS. s. rcHt
GAN MAY BE ckLLE
TO DECIDE POINT JANuAk.
Gov. Ferris Goes to Scene to Make In.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Has PROPOSE.
acknowledgements Thinks
Owners Made Mistake.

Houghton, neutrality-suspicious. fol-
the settlement of the copper miners
strike having failed, both sides to the
controversy began to lay plans>for the
prolongation of the struggle.
Gov. Ferris decided to make a per-
sonal inspection Of conditions in the
copper region, while John B. Dens'
more, solicitor for the department OF
labor, started back to Washington, re-
GREETING his failure to bring about q
settlement.
Great interest was aroused in, the up
per peninsula by the announcement
that the governor al coming to take
a hand in the situation at close quar-
ters. He has resented federal action
I'm affairs that concern the state
only" according to his statements.
Meetings were held by strikers at
Calumet and Hancock, but no definite
action was taken.
Copper mine owners of Northern
Michigan made a mistake In refusing
peace plans proffered by the Western
Federation of Miners. was the judg:
meLt pronounced by Solicitor Dens
more a few hours before his departure
for Washington.
"A generation ago the anthracite
mine operators of Pennsylvania adopt
ed precisely the attitude taken by thu
copper mine managers" said Mr.
Densmore. similar stands have
marked the action 0. employing inter
ests in the initial strikes Of practically
every big industry.
1.-THE idea seemed to be that by win
ming the first strike the employer
crushed the union. Speaking entirely
from the historical viewpoint, I thinh
| can safely say that this course has
failed. Unionism becomes an ideal
among its devotees, and defeat for any
given organization does not wipe out
the thought Of the men who took part
-E.g. 49, -.
In its organization and fought in Its
ranks.
.'The seeming inability Of . union to
reafize q Is Is is baa.enGlnIly 4
manifestation OF this individual
thought working among a number ;of
men. Almost invariably they have
come back for another struggle, some.
times a year, perhaps not for five
years, or even later. But they come
back.
ut seems a pity, therefore, that the
copper country must sooner or later
face another struggle even if this n
results in a seemingly complete vic
tory for the mine owners
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Truck Growers Complain.

Baton Rouge.-The Railroad Com.
mission has received a petition arom
the truck growers and business men
Of Independence urging that the ILL.
nois Central Railroad be ordered to
provide proper facilities for the ship
ment Of truck. The petition recites
that independence is the largest straw.
berry center on the Illinois Central
lines, and probably ships more straw
berries and truck than any other town
in the United States.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
CHARGES ARE FILED
-*AGN|nSFDAnz|GER
MISSING ElNANciER is ACCUSED
OF EMeEzzLING MORE
THAN $4,000.
FAMILY TO PAY SHORTAGE
Relatives Will Not Permit Depositors
of Teutonia Bank to Lose, 1t
is Declared.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-Theodore Wallet
Danziger, who disappeared more than
two weeks ago, now stands charged
with being a defaulter in the liquida-
ton of the affairs of the Teutonia
Bank and Trust Company to the ex.
tent of s42,031.66.. Based on the Off.
cial report of William L. Young, state
bank examiner, District Attorney
Chandler C. Gutenberg ordered the i'll
ing of eight separate charges of en-
%bezzlement against Danziger in the
First City Criminal Court. Special
Officer Joseph Purcell made the ne-
cessary affidavits before William Free.
han, affidavit clerk, in Judge Fishers
court.
Members of the Danzigert family will
make good the difference in the Teu-
tonia Bank shortage and the bond,
which will be $17,031.6 Sc. His bond
was $4,000 in the. American Bonding
Company of Baltimore. It is said a
meeting of the family, all of whom are
wealthy and influential in the business
community, was held and it was de.
termined that the depositors of the
Teutonia Bank, who had already en-.
dured much, SHOULD not be made tc
suffer any further loss through Mr.
Danziger's dealings.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
TEACHERS MEET
IN SHREVEPORT
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SELECTS
DATE AND PLACE FOR STATE
CONVENTION.
western N.wsp.per Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-The executive com.
1nittee of the State Teachers Associa'
ton met at the school board office at
the city hall. The important business
was the fixing OF the date for the next
annual meeting, which will be April
16, II and IS. It will be held in
Shreveport. Speakers for the meeting
were discussed and final arrangements
left to President Nichols Bauer and
Secretary L. J. Alleman.
Those present at the meeting were:
President Bauer, Secretary Alleman,
who is superintendent of Lafayette
parish schools; H. A. Huckaby, presi.
dent Of the State School for the Blind
at Baton Rouge; w. S. Lafargue, sup
e%rintendent Of the Lafourche parish
schools; Miss F. Holmes, of Vermillion
parish, Superintendent ]. M. Gwinn
and President E. l.. Stephens, of the
Industrial Institute at Lafayette.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Takes Certificates to Gotham.

Baton Rouge.-State Treasurer Le-
doux E. Smith has gone to New York
with s7,33O,0O0 worth Of the interim
certificates, representing the new is
sue Of Louisiana bonds, which will be
turned over to the New York pur-
chasers. The remainder Of the certi-
%ficates, amounting to $3,661,500, were
forwarded to New Orleans. The en-
tire issue was bought on DEFENDERS
by a syndicate Of New York-New Or.
leans bankers. AS the new bonds
could not be printed and signed by
January l., when the old bonds fall
due, the interim certificates were is
sued to be redeemed with the new
bonds when they are ready.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
BANKRUPTCY FOR
SIX BIG CONCERNS
stEGEL.cooPER & CO., CHICAGO
is NOT INVOLVED.

New York.-Two great department
stores in New York and one In Boston,
an express company, a wholesale
house and a private banking house run
In connection with the department
stores; all allied with and controlled
by the Siegel Stores Corporation, Of
which. Henry Siegel. of this city is
directing head and president; were
placed in the hands, Of receivers
through a federal suit instituted by
the holding company. :.
None Of the concerns, according to
statements of counsel, is solvent; and
the action was taken to conserve their
good will, to rehabilitate and reor-
ganize them. The assets and iiabil.
tiles were not stated. Curtailment Of
bank credit made receivership imper-
alive. Gross business heretofore has
been estimated at s40,000,0 900 annu
ally
Two firms, the similarity Of whose
corporate name in one case. and stock
ownership by the Siegel Stores Cor
poration in the other, might result in
the Inference that they were involved
in the failure, were quick to issue
statements, explaining their position.
The Greenhut.Siegel.C Cooper Company
of this city has no connection with
the firms controlled by the Siegel
Stores Corporation, and in Chicago
the store of Siegel, Cooper & Co, al
though its stock is owned by the Sie-
gel Stores Corporation, is prospecting.
Counsel here issued a statement to
this effect, which was confirmed by
Max Pam. general counsel for the
Chicago store. The business there,
he said, would be continued without
interruption. The store, he added,
was in no sense a party to the suit.
Firms for which receivers were ap.
pointed are
/. The Fourteenth Street Store, New
York.
The Simpson-C Crawford Company Of
New York.
Henry Siegel and Frank E. Vogel,
doing q private banking business as
Henry Siegel & Co.
Henry Siegel & Co., wholesalers,
New York.
Merchants Express Company, New
York.
Henry siegel Company, Boston. q
department store.
For all except the banking house,
William A. Marble and j. S. Sheppard,
Jr., were named receivers with bonds
of $4,000 each. Henry Melville was
placed in charge Of the banking bust
ness. The amount Of It's deposits
were estimated at s2,OO0,000, mostly
in small accounts. 1t paid AZ per
cent interest and most of the depos.
itors were comparatively poor per.
sons.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Missing Teachers Body Found.

Missing Teachers Body Found.
New York.-The mystery surround.
Ing the disappearance Of Jessie Evelyn
McCann from her home in Flatbush on
December 4 was dispelled when the
body Of the missing Sunday school
teacher and settlement worker was
washed ashore on the beach at Seaside
Park, Coney Island. Examination OF
the body by the physicians at the
Coney Island. Hospital revealed no evi.
dence Of foul play. The police are con.
vinced that the young woman com.
mitted suicide by lea2ing into the
ocean.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Yeaamen Plead Guilty.

Monroe.-D. H.. Blanchard, alias
SLIM" and Charles Everett, alias
Badly" alleged to be members of a
gang Of thieves that has been operat-
ing in north Louisiana for some
months, pleaded guilty to robbing the
safe in the Delhi p~ostoffice Decembe;
Ii before Commissioner w. A. O'Kel.
ley and were remapded to Jail to await
the action of the United States court
and sentence by Judge Boarman. The
men were brought to Monroe by Unit.
ed States Marshal B. Ingouf and Post.
office Inspector Charles G. Kinsol. Of
Austin, Texas,
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
PRACTICAL NEW YEARS GIFTS
Connecticut Gets Worknen compensa'
ton and 55.Hour Week.

New Haven, Conn.-Connecticut
wage-earners RECEIVED substantial New
Years presents when a workman's
compensation act and a law making
SIS hours the maximum weeks work
for women and minors in manufactur-
ing concerns became effective. These
measures we're passed by the last gen.
eral assembly.
The, compensation act requires en-
ployers to compensate workers for oc-
cu%pational injuries, regardless OF abil-
ity. Death following an injury brings
to beneficiaries compensation for a
term Of years with $500 for funeral tx.
penses. Injured employees receive hos
pital and surgical care.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Engine Explodes, Two Hurt.

Lake Charles.-TWo men were terri.
bly, scalded and two more blown a dis
lance Of probably fifty feet, bur were
uninjured, when the engine of extra
train No, 1868 exploded on the Kansas
City Southern railroad, Is miles north
Of Lake Charles. The cause OF the
explosion is not known, but an inves-
tigation is being made by the railway
officials. The two injured men are
Conductors R. L. Williams and Head
brakeman Glen Pothro. Engineer D.
L. Stone and Fireman Harnell were
thrown a great distance and consider.
ably shaken up, but not injured.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
MOTHER JONES IS DEPoRTED
Detail Of Colorado Militia Would No,
Let Her Stop.

Detail Of Colorado Militia Would Not
Let Her Stop.
Trinidad, Colo.-Acting under orders
from Adjt.-Gen. John Chase, a detail
of the state militia met "M0ther"
Mary Jones on her arrival here from
Ell Paso, ordered her to return aboard
the train and accompanied her as far
as Walsenburg, the limit Of the mill
tary zone.
Mother Jones purchased a ticket
from this city to Denver. She offered
no remonstrances.
The military authorities had learned
that Mother" Jones intended to stop
at Trinidad to exhort the strikers and
deeming their presence undesirable III.
the city, Gen. Chase ordered her de.
ported. Should she return, said Gen.
Chase, she will be arrested by the mil
itary authorities.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
WILL PROBE MoYER CASE

Grard Jury Will Hear Conflicting Evi.
dence About Deportation.
Calumet, Mich.-ln efforts to solve
the puzzling circumstances attending
the deportation Of Charles H, Meyer.
president of the Western Federation
Of Miners, last Friday night, local in.
terest conferred in the .untangling Of
statements bringing the name Of Jas.
MacNaughton, general manager Of the
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company;
into the case.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10

Thibodaux.-At st. Joseph's Catho-
Tic church. Rev. Father Barber an.
nounced that the college debt, which
was $4,000, over two years ago and
$4,000 on January /, 1913, had been
reduced to $4,000, and that the in.
terest and coupons on the bonds. had
been paid. besides $500 improve.
ments placed on the church properties.
He also announced plans to build a
new church when the college debt is
paid.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Truck Growers Complain.

Baton Rouge.-The Railroad Com.
mission has received a petition from
the truck growers and business men
Of independence urging that the Ilii-
nois Central Railroad be ordered to
provide proper facilities for the snip
ment OF truck. The petition recites
that independence is the largest straw
berry center on the Illinois Central
lines. and probably ships more straw.
berries and truck than any other town
in the United States.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
YEAR 1918 WAS A LUCKY ONE

No Great catastrophe Marked the
YEARS Events.
New York Taken all in all, the
year 1913 has been a happy ard rather
fortunate one for the world in gen.
eral. 1t was not marked by any great
catastrophe, such as the San Francisco
earthquake or the Titanic disaster; 1t
saw the. end. Of the wars in the Bal
kans. IL witnessed the inauguration of
a: Democratic president in the United
States, followed by genuine tariff re-
duction without financial panic.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Judge Palmer Quits Bench.

Leesville.-Judge James G. Palmer
has sent In his resignation as Judge
Of the Twelfth Judicial District. Judge
Palmer succeeded Judge Dorelle in Sep
TENDER, 1912. and during his official
career has made a most enviable repu-
tation as a jurist and done much to-
ward lessening crime in this district,
and his decision to quit the bench is
universally regretted. silas D. Ponder,
of Many. Saline parish. will, it ia un-
derstood, be a candidate for the posi-.
ton.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Has Colonization Plans.

Walker.-F. W. Mckinney OF Chica.
go. Is looking over the real estate for
sale in this section. He believes that
the time is now ripe for the COLOMBIA
ton Of this section and that he a
get a number of up-to.date truckers to
move here.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Bishop Denny Receivers.

Baltimore, Md-Bishop Collins Denny
of the Methodist Episc, pal Church.,
South, vas reported to have entirely
recovered from the effects of a dose
Of poison he swallowed by mistake last
Tuesday, at his home in Richmond
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
!. Radium is Missing.

.Chicago.-Search by police and hos
pital authorities failed to disclose any
clue to So milligrams of radium, be-
lieyed lost orstolen several days ago,
when being used in the treatment of a
cancer patient.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Raisuij Now Sultan.

Tangier, Morocco.-It was reported
here that Raisuli. former Moorish
brigand, had been proclaimed sultan
Of Morocco by his partisans in the III
terror, who have decided to continue,
at all costs, the wal against the Euro
pean invaders.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
r.. Eliot scored.

Observation-Disclosures of the COS.
pei in Washington Sunday s%cathingly
arraigned DR.. Charles w. Eliot, pres
ident emeritus of Harvard University,
tor his ideas as to a new Christianity.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Suicides on increase.

Chicago.-The number of suicides in
the United States in 1913 showed an
increase over last year, the number
being 1906, as compared with 1881
n 1922
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Strike Is Called OF.

PHILADELPHIA a mass meeting Of
strikers 1t was decided to call of the
garment workers strike which has
| cen in progress here since last July
They will return to work at once.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
A BIG TANK STEAMER SINKS
Vessel Was In Tow in Atlantic Storm,
and Lite Loss Unknown.

Vessel Was In Tow in Atlantic Storm
and Lite Loss Unknown.
New York.-A wireless message re.
ceived here by the agents of the Com
pania Transatlantic, said that the
steamer Manuel Calvo Of that line was
on her way into port towing a disabled
tank steamer, when at a point Is miles
east of Sandy Hook the tank steamer
sank. The Manuel Calvo lost one life.
boat, the dispatch said. There was no
mention Of any loss of life nor was the
name of the tank steamer given.
The tank steamer carried a crew OF
IS men. The Manuel Calvo has about
100 passengers on board and a large
cargo of freight.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
More Soldiers 70 Coat Fields.

Denver, Colo.-Gov. Ammons or.
dered a company Of infantry from
Trinidad into the north section Of the
coal fields, where much excitement
was created through the deportation
Of seven strike leaders.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Editor Shoots strikebreaker.

Editor Shoots Strikebreakor.
Decatur, M.-Carl Pierson, editor Of
the Illinois Strike Bulletin, published
at Clinton. shot and probably fatally
injured Tony Musser, a s%trikebreaker
employed at the Illinois Central shops
at Clinton.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
Woman Slabs Self.

New York.-Mollie Chatfeld. an art.
list, was found dead in her studio with
a steel paper cutter driven through
her heart. Apparently 1t was a case Of
suicide.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
COMPANIES ousTED
May Escape Payment Of $4,000 Fines
imposed by Court.

st. Louis, Mo.-Three lumber com.
panies ousted from the state Of Mis-.
souri, by the Missouri supreme court
December "a. and fined a total OF
$4,000 for alleged violation ofe the
antitrust law, prepared to close their
st. Louis Offices and reopen In East.
st. Louis, Ill. 1t Is understood that
II the companies take their assets out
Of the state fines cannot be collected
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
MORGAN C0:QU|Ts
q CORPORATIONS
FIRST PRACTICAL STEP AGAINST
lNTERLocKiNG DlREcToRATEs.
WASHINGTON is PLEASED
Morgan Says Step Is Taken voIun.
tariiy in Response to "An Appar.
ent Change in Public
Sentiment

New York.-The withdrawal OF J. P.
Morgan & Co. from more thar a score
of great corporations and the state
ment shortly afterward by George F.
Baker, an almost equally dominant
figure in American finance, that he
soon would take similar action, gave
Wall street generally a thrill that al
most brought trading on tire stock ex.
change to q halt.
While it probably is true that many
prominent bankers had information
lforeshadowtng this momentous move
toward ending in%terlocking director.
ates, the public and brokers' had no
advance knowledge OF what was tax.
ing place in the inner councils OF the
greatest Of all American houses OF
finance. Wherever telephone ana
ticker flashed the news about the
street, groups Of men gathered to dis,
cuss what was the allabsorbing topic.
Mr.. Morgan, departing from his
firms traditional policy of silence.
made a public statement announcing
the withdrawal Of five members Of ].
P. Morgan & Co. from directorships in
q. corporations and the intention tc
withdro VIZ fporn nooro ..N i 3tt5 !.
The statement reads:
"The necessity of attending many
board meetings has been so serious a
burden upon our time that we have
long wished to withdraw from the ii-
rectorates of many corporations. Most
Of these directorships we have &C.
cepted with reluctance and only be-
cause We felt constrained to keep in
touch with properties which We had
reorganized or whose securities we had
recommended to the public, both here
and abroad.
"An apparent change in public senti.
ment in regard to directorships seems
TO- to warrant US in seeking to re.
sign from some of these connections.
Indeed, it IS in .'ew Of the
Change IN sentiment dpun ere sdssses,
that we shall be in a better position
to serve such properties and their Sc
curity holders il we are not directors.
We have already resigned from the
companies mentioned and We expect
from time to time to withdraw from
other boards upon which We feel thers
is no special obligation to remain
Official Washington seemed to ap.
prove the action of J. P. Morgan &
CO. In severing connection with other
corporations, but It was not believed
It would prevent an attempt in con.
gress at the present session to enact
legislation to prohibit interlocking di.
rectorates.
There was a general impression that
while the action was a step in the
right direction, it did not signalize the
breaking up Of the so-called money
trust,
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10
oJlNAGA STILL HOLDING OUT
Federal Cavalry Flanks Rear Guard Of
Rebal Force.

Presidio, Tex.-Fighting continued
at Ojinaga with the federals somewhat
more aggressive than at any time
since the fighting began. A column OF
1000 federal cavalry was engaged in
an attempt to flank the rebal rear
guard on the way to the Conchos river
at last reports. Newspaper men have
been barred from the rebel lines so
that It is very difficult to get any re.
port. Of the progress Of the battle ex.
cept from the fragmentary stories. told
by the refugees who cross the river
Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-10

Not Guilty Of Girls Murder.
Macon, Mo.-John Nisbeth OF BeFier,
Mo-. was found not guilty OF causing
the death Of Merle Drinkard, a young
stenographer formerly in his employ.