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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
TWO MONROE CITIZENS DEAD
Unexpected Demise Of Uriah II. Mill.
saps and John s. Handy.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Monroe.-The announcement of the
sudden and unexpected deaths Of
Uriah II. Millsaps and John S. Handy.
two of the wealthiest and most promi.
nent citizens Of Ouachita parish,
came as a great surprise and shock
to the community. Out of respect to
their memory two banks and several
Of the city's leading business establish.
ments were closed for the day, show
ing the large financial connections Of
the two men. The death of Mr.. Mill.
saps occurred at 12:45 o'clock Satur.
day morning. He had been in i'll
health since September and his condi.
ton took sudden turn for the worst
late Friday.
Mr.. Handy's death was without
warming and came at $50 o'clock
Saturday morning. He spent Friday
in Ruston and when he retired seem.
ed to be enjoying his usual health.
Messrs. Miilsaps and Handy controlled
large financial interests and we're
rated among the city's wealthiest
men. Mr.. Millsaps was rated as be-
ing worth nearly half a million dol.
lars while Mr. Handy's fortune is not
quite so great,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
To Suspend Rate Advances.

Shreveport.-The traffic department
OF the Chamber of Commerce is in re.
ceipt of petition filed with the Inter.
state Commerce Commission by Shell.
by Taylor, chairman; B. A. Bridges
and John T. Michel, constituting the
railroad commission of Louisiana,
through W. M. Barrow, assistant at.
torney general and special counsel
for the railroad commission asks the
Interstate Commerce Commission ia
suspend certain of Agents Leland,
Washburn, Ryan and Sedgmans tariff,
naming Wholesale advances in class
and commodity rates to Shreveport,
Monroe. Alexandria, Lake Charles, La.
fayette and practically all points in
Louisiana west Of the Mississippi
river until such time as the Interstate
Commerce Commission may invest.
gate reasonableness of the advances
which the railroads have made in their
rates.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
BRIDGE ACROSS
THE MISSISSIPPI
PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR FiNAN.
cling 100000 STRUCTURE
AT NEW ORLEANS.
Western Newspaper Onion News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Ney Orleans.-Preliminary plans for
financing a s6,OOOOO0 bridge across
The Mississippi at New Orleans have
made sufficient progress to insure sue
cess, according to Arthur McGuirk,
New Orleans attorney, who returned
from New York. Mr.. McGuirk went
TO New York for the Dock Board to
handle legal details connected with
the issuance and transfer of the &c..
100000 Of cotton warehouse bonds re-
Gently sold by the board. While in
New York he took up with financiers
and engineers the bridge project. Re-
turned home, he says the project Is
feasible from a structural and finan-
clal standpoint. and will be put
through.
Mr.. McGuirk proposes to have the
bridge publicly owned and publicly
operated. He suggests that it should
be handled Jointly by the Dock Board
and Public Belt Commissions. He says
that New Orleans traffic would easily
support it. No trouble will be ex-
perienced in getting the money neces-
sary to finance the bridge, he said. A
bond issue handled much as Dock
Board issues have been handled would
readily sell, he believes.
The plan is to build the bridge in
the upper section of the city. Pre-.
liminary plans call for a structure six
and one-half miles long, including ap-
proaches. The total length of the
steel structure would be two and one
tenth miles. The length of the main
channel span would be 1,066 feet:
length of shore spans GOT feet; total
length of main span $3.50 feet; ex.
IRENE height of towers above clear
l76 feet; clear height of span above
high water IS feet; range between
low and high water 10 feet; depth at
low water 100 feet; depth of founda-
tions below river bed 20 feet; total
heisht OF structure $50 feet.
Il have letter from Col. Elmer
l.. Corthell Of st. Louis, who helped to
build the Eads bridge at st. Louis,
and assisted likewise in the jetties.
approving the project and pronounc.
ing 1t feasible both from an engineer
ing and financial standpoint" Mr.. Nc.
Guirk said. HE expressed regret that
there is tendency to build a bridge
at point above New Orleans. Such
step would work harm to the port
OF New Orleans.
1.-THE structure could be finished
within five years from the time work
began. As far as feasibility from a
financial standpoint goes, st. Louis
supports three bridges and Is plan.
ming fourth; Memphis has supported
one so we'll a second is in contempla.
ton. New Orleans can certainly sup.
port one"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
LOSE OAKLAND SUIT
Owner Hof Soda Lake Bed Decided
Against ]. 3. slattery.
Western Newspaper Union New, serv,c.

Western NewssAper Union News Service.
Shreveport-District Judge T. F.
Bell has,decided for the defendant the
suit Of 1 B. ASlattery against the Ark.
ansas NATURAL Gas Company, lessees Of
about 200 acres Of land belonging to
the Caddo Levee Board located in the
bed Of Soda Lake, Caddo oil field. Mr..
Slattery, Of Shreveport, claimed own
ership Of the bed Of Soda Lake under
patent from the Federal government,
claiming that the patent was governed
by the common law as it existed in
1910, also that II the state was owner
he acquired title through accretion
Judge Bell decided that the state, and
not the United States, owned the lake
bed. through its sovereign; also that
plaintiff acquired nothing through
accre.ion.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
TO run RAILROAD
TO new OIL LANDS
NEW LINE CHARTERED TO CON.
Meet WITH LOG TRAM
FROM MANSFIELD.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Mansfield.-The transportation prob
lem to the De Soto oil field has been
solved. Just before oil was found
near Mansfield the Frost-Johnson
Lumber Company had procured the
right of way for its tram road from
its saw mill here to the oil field, and
when oil was discovered it rushed
work on the line. When it reached
Naborton and tried to build the road
on to the oil field the Majors inter
ests found that the road did not have
the right of way through a forty-acre
tract Of land belonging to John H.
Majors.
The Frost-Johnson people were en-.
1oansd from passing over the ]. H.
Nabors iand, ann rs rney were not .
chartered railroad they could not con.
denim the right of way.
A new railroad has been chartered
to build a line from Naborton on
through the oil field. This road will
run its trains over the Frost-Johnson
tram to Mansfield, and the depot, in
stead of being at Naborton, will be
several miles beyond and town will
be built at that point. The tram road
having no right to build and manipu.
late depots, ETC., will not stop at Ma
horton except to load logs. The charter
of this new railroad has been pre-
pared, all Of the stock taken and the
work Of building will begin at once
and will be completed in about two
weeks.
The new town will be the first regu.
lar depot from Mansfield and the only
shipping point in the oil field. Ma
horton, which is new town. built
when the oil boom and the enjoined
railroad started, will be practically
isolated as result of the Injunction
and the chartering of new line.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
YOUTHFUL BANDIT 3
slain BY POSSE
ROBBED BANK OF NEWALLA or
800 AND WAS PURSUED TO
HIS DEATH.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union New. Service
Oklahoma City.-Four hours after
Joseph Agnes Patterson, % years of
age, and former Newalla youth, held
up the cashier, Bert Bradley, and rob-
bed the State Bank of Newalla, 10
miles east Of Oklahoma City. Of $500,
ne was surrounded by a posse OF be.
tween 80 and 40 men, two miles east
and one mile north of Newalla and
killed. The money was not recovered
So being found in the clothing of the
robber. Patterson shot and wounded
four members Of the posse in the rum
ming fight.
Chief of Police Charles Hawk of
Shawnee was shot in the lung and
hand, Deputy Sheriff Frank Timmins
OF Shawnee was shot in the arm a
bullet grazed the head Of Jerry spann.
night chief of police of Shawnee, and
H. NJ. Hulse. farmer living near New.
ALA, was shot in the leg. 1t was feared
at first that the injuries of Hawk
might prove fatal, but later it was an.
nounced he would recover.
The youthful bandit who was horn
ard reared st Newalla, but had been
away for three years working as a
railroad telegrapher, entered the bank
forced the cashier, the only person
present, into the vault and gathered
UP the loose cash. The cashier eseap.
ed in five minutes and spread the
alarm.
A note found IN the pocket OF Pat
terson, read:
This is the day; if am successful
and feel shall be, that will 90 to
her."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
Fiscal Agency Changes.

Baton Rouge.-When the State
Board Of Liquidation meets, April IA,
to let the contract for the fiscal
agency banks there is likely to be a
change. The fiscal agency banks now
are the New Orleans National Bank,
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
and Whitney-Central National Bank,
all of New Orleans. To these one
half Of the state funds go. The fiscal
agency banks in the country parishes
are Bank of Assumption, Napoleon
vile; State National Bank, Iberia;
First National Bank, Shreveport;
Commercial National Bank, Shreve-
port; Central Savings Bank and Trust
Company, Monroe; Ruston State
Bank, Ruston; Louisiana National
Bank, Baton Rouge; Bank of Baton
Rouge; Rapides Bank, Alexandria:
Union Bank and Trust Company, OpS-
lousas.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
JEALOUS MAN
SHOOTS A WOMAN
TRAeEDY IN BATON ROUGE MAY
END IN A MURDER
CHARGE,
Western Newspaper Union News serr,c.

'N"." 'S','S"veS UNION News Service
Batonf Rouge.-Crazed by jealousy
and drink, Eddie Acosta, formerly head
timekeeper for the Standard Oil. shot
and probably fatally wounded Louise
Bridges, keeper of a resort on Plum
street, In front Of her house Thursday
morning. After shooting the woman,
Acosta saw that she was carried into
her house and then telephoned Chief
of Police Huyck to come for him. He
was lodged in the parish jail. The
woman was taken to the sanitarium,
where an operation was performed. It
appears that Acosta, after a night of
dissipation, saw the woman walking
with another man in front of her
house and Immediately fired at her
back, the shot taking effect in the
shoulder. As the woman reeled he
fired again, the bullet passing through
the stomach. The man who was with
the wounded woman wrenched the re-
volver from Acosta's hand. 1t is be.
lived that the shot in the stomach
will prove fatal
II was drunk and didn't know what
I was doing,Tsaid Acosta. 81 have been
living with The woman for six years,
and we always got along all right. 1t
was all an accident" Acosta denied
that he hadshot the woman from the
back. He paid that he remembered
none of thssdetails of the accident.
Acosta isepparently about Is years
OF age. H4came to Baton Rouge six
years ago npm New Orleans. He has
held varieut positions of responsibility,
and was three years head time.
keeper at Ne Standard Oil plant. No
charge ha4 been made against him
yet but I the woman dies he will
probably u indicted for murder.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
WILSON REPL|ES70
TOLL OPPONENTS
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS OPPOS.
60 TO EXEMPTIONS BY THE
PRESENT LAW.
HONOR Is ABOVE PLATFORM
President Makes no Secret OF Wish to
Have Measure Come to Vote.
Confident Of Successv.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. President Wilson de-
clared that in seeking the repeal OF
the Panama canal tolls exemption he
not only is asking that the nation 90
that which il is bound in honor to do,
but is going the way of the majority
in the Democratic party. He said that
when the Panama canal act was pass
ed majority of the Democrats then
in the House of Representatives voted
against the tolls exemption, and that
only by coalation of majority OF
Democrats with number of Republi-
cans did the measure become law.
The president made no secret Of his
anxiety for the repeal measure to come
to vote. Asked If he though influ-
ences. are at work to prolong debate
unnecessarily, Mr.. Wilson said he did
not know, but it certainly appeared to
him as if there had been filibustering.
The president is confident that he
will have the majority Of his party be-
hind him in the house when the repeal
comes to vote. He has been assured
that at least 200 Democrats will sup.
port him and many Republicans. Sen.
ator James of Kentucky says the vote
in the Senate will be at least So to "a
in favor of the repeal.
There seems little prospect OF get
ting the Sims repeal bill before the
house before late in the week. Debate
on the rivers and harbors appropria.
tons bill 10 dragging along slowly. The
apparent effort OF members Ia rfnloy !,
discussion sof trivial matters brosssf
constant denunciations of filibustei4a Z
tactics.
That all Progressive party members
OF the house are not opposed to repeal
Of tolls exemption was disclosed when
Representative Charles M. Thompson
of Chicago issued statement declar.
ing his intention to support the presi.
dent.
Il do not hesitate to place what |
consider a matter of national honor
above party PLATFORM" he said.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
Filibusters BECOMING Active

Douglas, Ariz.-Ives Lelivier, Consti.
nationalist representative here, wired
to the State Department. at Washing.
ton, insisting that neutrality laws be
risidly enforced on the border. Le,i-
vier said Mexisin Federal sympathiz-
ers had organized filibustering bands
on the American side and had invaded
Constitutionalist territory with the nh.
ject of destroying lives and property
To keep the bands in check he said
the rebels were required to maintain
large forces needed elsewhere
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
Settiinn the Old Frisco Debt.

st. Louis.-Federal Circuit Judge
Sanborn approved the agreement bv
which the receivers Of the st. Louis
and San Franscico railroad cancel an
Indebtedness against the road of near
" s4.600,00 and relinquish ownership
of two subsidiaries in Louisiana to the
syndicate that promoted them. The
agreement provides for the surrender
to the Frisco of notes aggregating
1864, 900 held by Albert 7. Perkins.
syndicate manager of the st. Louis
Union Trust Company.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
FOR WELFARE OF the CHILD
Federal Legislation Safest Plan ia
Conserve Nations Child Life.

New 0rleans.-Federal legislation
as the safest and most certain means
to conserve the child life OF the nation
and rob the c0untry's industries OF
IT'S blacklist horror-the emaciated.
stunted boy and girl slave-was vigor-
ously advanced by able speakers at
the sessions Of the Tenth Nationa,
Conference on Child Labor, under the
auspices Of the national child labor
committee, and general advance
was made toward the goal for which
so many Of the leading thinkers Of
the time have been striving.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
REBELS PRESS ON ToRREoN
Villas Forces Make Successful Attack
on Town Of Gomez Paiacio.

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Ell Verjil, Durango, Mex.-The real
attack on Torreon began Monday, when
General Villa occupied Lerdo practi-
cally without resistance, and at /
o'clock began the attack on Gomez
Palacio.
Bloody fighting took place in the
streets of Gomez Palacio The rebels
took the water tank on Cerro de Ia
Pillar, the Birmingham soap factory
and the Quartet. The Quartet caught
fire, and the rebels were compelled to
abandon it.
At II p. m. the battle still was In
progress. Wounded were being brought
to the field hospital here. Losses on
both sides were heavy, but General
Villa said the town was practically
his.
The three towns are practically one
IN commercial and social sense, and
are connected by four miles Of street
railway, but Torreon proper represents
the military stronghold, where the
main Federal force is gathered under
Gen. Refugio Velasco.
Gomez Palacio and Lerdo are with.
ont important natural defenses, and in
previous revolutions never have been
seriously defended. The real test of
strength is expected to come soon,
when Villa hurls his forces against
the defenses of Torreon. On this bat
tie hangs the fate of the revolution.
Inc mountain Cerro de la Pillar lies
to the right of the street car and rail-
road tracks which connect Gomez Pa
iacio with Torreon and forms an ad-
Vanced portion of the Torreon defense.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
ULSTERMEN ON VERGE OF WAR
The British Government Disposes Its
Troops to Prepare for Emergency.
Western Newspaper Union views Service.

Western Newspaper Union views Service.
London.-"War In Ulster" is the
startling headline sensational London
newspapers are displaying in the black.
est type.
The government began to dispose
of its regular troops in Ireland, SO
they may be in position to deal with
any situation that arises. The army
council some time ago considered the
possibilities of home rule strife and in.
structed Lieutenant General Sir Ar.
thur Henry Fitzroy Paget, who COM
mands the Irish garrison, to take nee
essary precautions to maintain order
and safeguard property. A general re-
distribution of forces in Ireland there
fore was begun.
Two regiments were sent from the
south to reinforce ehe Ulster garrisons
while the troops in Ulster were moved
to new stations in conformity with the
custom that in the event of trouble
soldiers will not have to encounter
people with whom they had formed
friendships. Some Irish recruits were
sent from the Armagh recruiting sta
ton to England
The possibilities of a collision be-
tween British soldiers and Ulster vol
unteers. resulting from the superheat-
ed political feeling, are recognized. but
leaders on both sides are trying to ex-
ert {: racific influence. John Redmond,
Nationalist leader in Parliament, tefe-
graphed Nationalist in Belfast an ur.
gent appeal to abandon parade ar
ranged for Sunday in Londonderry,
which, 1t was thought likely would re-
suit in rioting. Sir Edward Carson,
the Ulster leader, and members of the
Ulster council, invoked calmness on
the part of the volunteers.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
No EVIDENCE Of
CORRUPTION FUND
SENATE LOBBY COMMITTEE CON.
QUOTING AN INVESTIGATION
OF CHARGES.
PRISON LABOR CONTRACTORS
"heeed to Have Used $4,000 Fund TO
Defeat Pending Hughes
Bill.
western Newspaper Union News service

western Newspaper Union News Service
Observation-Disclosures is no evidence
here of any $4,000 fund.-" said Senator
oVeFman, chairman of the Senate Lob
ny committee, at the conclusion of the
committees investigation OF reports
Nat such sum was being used in
Washington by representatives of
prison labor contractors to defeat the
pending Hughes bill to restrict mar.
ketlng Of convict made goods.
The chairman's remarks, which ap-
oarentiy closed this latest phase OF the
committees inquiries, was addressed
70 Edward Boyle, Chicago attorney
and formerly treasurer of the National
conference of Charities and Correc-
lions, who has opposed so-called anti
convict labor legislation for years as
legal representative of a group of
manufacturers having prison labor
contracts.
E. Stage Whiten, an instructor of
Columbia University and chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Ma
tlonal Committee on Prison Labor, was
the only witness who had been sub
poenaed besides Boyle. He spoke of
meeting Boyle at meeting of the
National Conference Of Charities and
Corrections and said Emery Lyons,
secretary of the Central Howard AS
ISOLATION of Chicago had told him on
one occasion that prison contractors
were raising fund of "a dollar a year
per convict" to defeat national anti
convict labor legislation. Boyle had
later confirmd this in substance, he |
said.
Whiten also asserted that at a hear.
ing before house committee in 1910
on a similar bill Frederick P. Mills,
treasurer of the American Prison AS.
ISOLATION, had first favored the meas
ure and then went to pieces in his
testimony after conversation with
Boyle"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
Fired Across the Bio Grande

Eagle Pass, Mexican Federal
soldiers who attempted to pursue with
rifle bullets defeated Cons itutional-
ISL force escaping to the United States
met sharp resistance Monday from
united States cavalry on border ga.
.foi above Del Rio, Texas. When three
horses held by the American troops
nac been shot down, the Americans re.
'urAed The fire across the Rio Grande
and after the international conflict the
MeSlcans withdrew, bearing with them
dead and wounded.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
Serious Automobile Accident,

shreveport.-The bursting of a tire
caused an automobile in which they
were riding to be overturned on a high
embankment on the Shreveport-Reisor
road. several miles south of here, re.
sulting in the serious injury of Mrs.
]. C. Reynolds and the severe injury
Of her husband, who was driving the
car. Mrs. Reynolds sustained frac.
lures OF both hips and internal in
iuries and is in a precarious condi.
ton. Near where this accident &C.
cured an automobile party was pitch.
ed over ~the embankment several
Months ago, causing one fatality.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
WANT EXPRESS RATE RELIEF
Many Ponehatoulans Quit Certain
Crops on Account Of Rates.

Ponchatoula. - Asserting that ex.
press companies have charged such
high rates that the industry has been
affected, many local truck growers
have discontinued cultivating commo-
dities such as okra, squash, etc. The
Louisiana Railroad Commission will
be petitioned to rule against the ex-
press company in the matter OF a
more uniform rate between Poncha-
toula and points north.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
= John q. Dunn Commits Suicide.

Slaughter-John B. Dunn. aged
about GO, who has been postmaster
here for eight years, committed sui.
eide Saturday evening at the home o.
his brother, V. H. Dunn, by blowing
his head off with shotgun Mr.. Dunn
vas respondent over Ill health.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
EmbezzIina F.om Mother.ln.laxx.

ST. Louis.-Edgar M. Davis, former
railroad builder of this city, was indict.
cd On charge Of embezzling $500 600
frart his mother-in-law, Mrs. Annie p
Cross of Jerseyille, ILL., Davis formerly
had charge of the estate left by Mrs
{ .nss' husband, a banker,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
Amfte-The treasurer Of the par;sh

Amite.-The treasurer Of the Parish
School Board last week issued checks
to the amount of sl3,4663O, which
represents the unpaid balance due
the teachers Of Tangipahoa parish for
services in 1923. The board ex.
poets to settle all claims by March.
1915.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27

George crump, Jr, Of Wewoka.
Okla, 10 the second ex-eenvIct to an
nounce his candidacy for the govern
orshIp OF Oklahoma. He has asked
al Jennings 70 Withdraw from the
race and give him a chance to "beat
1t back" crump was sent to the
penItent'ary for forgery In connection
with Indian land frauds and was par.
doned by Lieut.. Gov. J. j. McAlester.
Governor cruee denied the pardon
and crump appealed to the courts and
was released on habsas corpus.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
$4,000 OPERA
CURTAIN ARRIVES

The big red velvet curtain Of the
Metropolitan Opera House, New
York, which Ia the second largest in
the world and Is used only on the
stages OF the Metropolitan and the
Atlanta Auditorium, has arrived here
for use during Grand Opera Week,
and arrangements are being made by
Assistant Treasurer Cecil Meyer, Of
the Auditorium, to place it. The cur
tan is valued at $4,000.
The total seat sale to date this year
Is far ahead Of the sale at this time
last year, according to announcement
made Thursday. Sale of season tick
cts for grand opera will end Satur-
day night, and thereafter 1t will be
necessary to buy single performance
tickets. 1t also was announced
Thursday that there are several
thousand dollars worth of seats re-