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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-21

1t specifically cites the Lewis
road camp as an improperly con
Quoted affair, and condemns the
police jury for its way of paying
accounts rendered. 1t asserts
the police jury seems to make
mo inspection of accounts" but
says, I'VE have found no evidenc-
es Of dishonesty"
That is pretty severe condem-
nation to make where no evil
denceS of dishonesty are found,
and it comes as a great surprise
to most of the citizens of this
parish. Of course a grand jury
seldom ever hears but one side
of any case, and their principal
business is to present an indict-
ment. We believe the average
conviction is only about one in
three of all indictments present.
ed; and the accused usually has
an even chance OF showing that
the true bill" in his case was
an error.
The only work done on the
public roads in Grant parish for
the last four or five years, tout
side of the 100000 worth of
contract work done on our rs
miles of model roads,, has been
the work done by the parish con-
victs. who have been moved
about to the different wards, in
camps similar to the Lewis camp.
This system, we believe as a rule,
has proved much more satisfac-
tory than the old plan of calling
out all citizens between Is and
So years of age to work the
roads. In the grand jury report
we do not understand them as
condemning the system, but as
serious fault with the |
present Lewis camp. They es-
pecially say they have found mo
evidence of dishonesty" and
their criticism seems to be d.
rected principally against the
amount of work done. and the
accounting of the expenses there
for. In justice to themselves
and the public the police jury
should make a showing of their
accounting.
In the case of Mr.. Lewis, we
that he has worked
IS or 30 different sections of the
country roads, and we have heard
great many persons say they
thought the work was well done,
md that it was done at reason
lble cost.
AS to the police jury approx
ng bills and accounts without in
pection. we know this is not
heir usual plan; to the contrary
We have thought they were about
S rigid and careful in such mat
ers as it was possible for them
o be under the circumstances.
However, the grand jury has i
eft the matter open, and we I
udge the police jury will be put :
n their mettle, and. will be able |
0 make very creditable show
1g OF accounts rendered, even if
hey are not modern and up to G
ate in their methods of book {
eeping. Any way if the travel +
lg State auditor were to be call e
d upon, ne could probably show v
ow it should be done, and under /
ne circumstances his services Z
Mould be requested. il
Disguised the Smoking Room
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-21
Continue the Road Tax Another Five
Years.

tt14S.
An article from Mr.. H. H
White is published in the Chroni
Gle this week, advocating PRO
gressive Movement for Goot
Roads. Mr.. White particular!
advocates a road from Colfax. tt
the parish line in the direction o.
Pineville, a distance Of about
twelve miles. Ee very correctly
assumes that if Grant parish will
build this road to the parish line,
that Rapides parish will complete
the road from the parish line tc
Alexandria.
This proposed road seems to
havedevelopedah host of advocates
within the last few days, there
being no less than three different
petitions now in circulation about
it. One petition asks for a road
leading from Colfax to Kateland,
a distance of 81 miles, to run as
near the L. r. & N. Company's
track as is most practical and in
expensive. Another petition
asks for the road to run from
Kateland to the parish line, dis
tance of about z miles, while the
third petition asks for a road
covering the entire distance of
about IL miles, from Colfax to
the line of Rapides parish.
In connection with these peti-
tons we also call attention to
the fact that road from Colfax
to Alexandria is already being
discussed in the latter city. We
publish elsewhere an account
from the Town Talk about the
Colfax-Alexandria Model Road,
which is being agitated and will
be brought before the police jury
of Rapides parish at an early
date.
The police jury of Grant parish
we take it will readily GRANT
this proposed road if they find
the people want it, but the
BUILDING of a model road in
the present condition of the par
ish treasury is entirely beyond
their power.
1t takes money to build model
roads. and if a model road is to
be built through that section we
will have to levy a tax to build it.
This will not add another cent to |
the taxes we are already paying. |
Only let the people vote to con-
tinue the present 5-mill good |
roads tax for another five years.
and there will be no trouble
about it.
The 5-mills tax which we levied
to build roads in 1910 will expire
with the present year 1914. The
500, 600 raised by that tax has
been expended on rs miles of
model roads, now completed, and
are the pride and boast of our
people and the envy of neighbor-
ipg parishes. But this rs miles
does not satisfactorily serve all
the people of the parish. We
need another 500, 600 to build
another Is miles of model roads.
The Hadnot, Paramount and
people are entitled to /,
about Is miles of road; the An
|
tonia and Lincecum settlements
are entitled to Is or 16 miles, ;
giving them connection with Pol
lock and Selma; Black Creek,
[att and Liberty Chapel ought to {
have about 20 miles; the Bentley,
Dry Prong and Nugent folks will '
easily take up IA miles; and Yer {
Ia, we are sure would like to I
have II miles, to make up all I
hey have counted on. So, there
zou are. boys! Weneed another {
,-mill tax for 5 years to make '
Grant parish perfect gridiron S
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-21
Lincoln Parish Police Jury Votes to
Keep Convicts on Roads.

Ruston, La, Feb. 27.-At a
special meeting of the police jury
held here yesterday afternoon it
was decided by a vote of z to l
that the parish convicts should
be kept on the roads and the
purchase of a convict farm was
turned down. During the past
year the parish road outfit has
done more for the roads of Lin
coin parish than in all its previous
work and the action of the police
jury will meet with the approval
of a majority of the taxpayers.
The automobile of Mr.. j. C.
Reynolds, of Shreveport, turned
turtle" last Sunday afternoon
while a few miles out from
Shreveport on the Mansfield pub
lie road, and both he and his
young bride of a few days were
injured. Mrs. Reynolds was
badly crushed by being caught
under the car, both legs being
broken at the thigh and internal
injuries being received. She died
three days later. Mr.. Reynolds,
It is stated, may recover.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
A.M.HUNT|NCTON AND
WIFE HELD AS SPIES
IN GE R MAN PRISON
President of American Geograph-
ical Society Is Said to Have
Been Maltreated
By Associated Press

Paris, Aug. s, 1881 p. m.-Archer
NJ. Huntington, president of the
American Geographical Society, and
his wife were arrested at Nuremberg,
Bavaria, by German police and are
now held in prison as spies.
Mr.. Huntington's chauffeur, who es-
capped to Switzerland, telegraphed to
the American Embassy here yester-
day, saying Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington
had been maltreated. Mr. Hunting
ton, he said, was stripped naked while
the police were searching him and
his wife was subjected to insults and
indignities.
New York, Aug. s. - Mr.. Hunting
ton is a son of the late Coils P. Hunt
ington. He is about As years old and
a resident of New York.
Mr.. Huntington's Imprisonment, it
was believed here, might be due to the
fact that he had in his possession at
the time of his arrest maps and other
data obtained in his geographical re-
searches throughout Europe, and that
the nature of his Investigations was
not understood by the soldiers who
arrested him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS
MADE FOR FUNERAL
OF PRESIDENT WIFE
Every Effort Will Be Made to
Maintain the Privacy of
the Family
By Assoeioted Pres

Washington, D. c.. Aug. S.-Final
arrangements made to-day for the
funeral of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife
of the President. made 1t certain that
the services both at the White House
on Monday and in Rome, Ga. Tues
day, will be of the simplest kind.
Every effort will be made to maintain
the privacy of the family and to con-
duct the funeral as nearly as possible
as If the President were a private
citizen.
Secretary Tumulty said to-day the
family expected, in addition to the
committees of the Senate and House
and members of the Cabinet, only
relatives and few of the closest per-
sonal friends of Mrs. Wilson and the
President to attend the services.
Only the family and a few intimate
friends will go with the body to Rome
for the burial.
mittees will not go to Georgia because
of the desire of the President that the
work of Congress be continued with
out interruption. Both the Senate
and House, however. will adjourn
from l to .. m. Monday while the
funeral services in the east room of
the White House are going on.
There will be no honorary pallbear-
ers at the White House services. At
tendants from the White House will
carry the body from the east room to
the hearse and then it will be taken
directly to a special train at the rail-
way station.
Expressions of sympathy for the
Presidents family continued to come
to the White House to-day in increas-
ing numbers. Thousands of kilograms
and letters had already arrived and 1t
seemed as though almost every family
in the United States were offering
consolation to the President for his
loss.
The king of Sweden was one OF
those who sent his sympathy to-day
The heads of most of the nations of
Europe have paused in their battle
plans to forward cablegrams.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
Electric GyrOscOpes
to Maintain Stability
Of Flying Machines

Public tests at Bezons, France,
have proved that electrically driven
horoscopes are effective in stabilizing
aeroplanes. Four gyroscopes with
their axes at right angles were en-
ployed for stability. While aloft in a
machine thus equipped, the inventor
of the stabilizing device, Elmer A.
Sperry, Brooklyn, n. Y. and his son
are said to have left their seats, while
the pilot abandoned his position at the
steering wheel and climbed out onto
one of the planes, the aeroplane mean
while flying steadily under automatic
control It is possible to tilt the ma
chine sufficiently to make turns safe
ly, but the aviator cannot tilt the ma
chine to a dangerous angle. The gyro-
scopes operate delicate valves leading
to two servo-motors which control the
planes and steering gear of the ma
chine. The entire stabilizing equip
ment weighs 100 pounds and is op-
Grated by alternating current from a
generator driven by the aeroplane en-
gine. When the machine travels too
slowly or rises at too great an angle
the control becomes automotic and
the machine volplanes to EARTH
Electrical World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
BRITISH ARE PREVENTING
LEAKAGE OF INFORMATION

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P0Fsg Ess Albert Belgium that French troops
opening
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
BGrthoIdt, Advocate of
Peace, Defends Kaiser
By Astoefatef PresS

Atlantic City, Aug. s.-Chased
across the Atlantic Ocean by the
spectre of war in the darkened cabins
of the fleeing Kronprinzessin Cecilie.
Representative Richard Bartholdt, of
Missouri, head of the. American
Peace Union, made here to-day a
vehement defense of the Kaiser's
Government and militarism as ex-
emplifed by Germany. Representa-
tive Bartholdt and DR.. A. j. Barch-
field, of Pittsburgh, who is with him
here. were on their way to the con-
gress of the interparliamentary peace
delegates in Stockholm when the
Kronprinzessin Cecile turned tail off
Plymouth and raced for an American
haven. He received this afternoon a
cable announcing that the Stockholm
congress had been abandoned be-
cause of conditions which made a
meeting impracticable.
Congressman Bartholdt does not
regard international condemnation of
Germany as a menace to the peace of
the world as a great victory for the
peace propaganda. To the contrary,
the st. Louisian, whom Congress en-
dorsed as a candidate for the Nobel
prize, believes Germany is a victim
of worldwide injustice.
THE swift course of events has
justified militarism so far as Ger
many is concerned" he said Ger
many for years has felt that the
world was against her, and every
thing that has transpired shows that
Germany was right. Even in this
country, where the cause of peace was
believed to be firmly intrenched, pub
lie sentiment is with the enemies of
the Kaiser and his Government. If
Germany had been less we'll prepared
l. 4 =. @I-Az IL n.
mercy Of the nations with whom she
is at war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
Wilson May Hog =
Decide Where Sinal
Authority Shall Rest

Washington, D. c., Aug. s. - Conflict
of authority between Treasury and
commerce departments over the en-
waters may make II necessary for the
President to decide where the final au-
thority shall rest,
already delicate, has arisen from orders
to customs collectors by the Depart
ment of Commerce. which probably
would operate to prevent the departure
numbers.
Officials of departments concerned in
day on new rules which probably VIII
modify instructions of the Commerce
Department. Secretary Redheld was
not in Washington when the nrst neu- .nl
and II was probable to-day that after
the new rules are drawn they will be
Embarrassment Felt
Administration officials have felt
particular embarrassment in connec
tion with reservists because the French
several days ago with hundreds Of
French reservists aboard. With the is
suance of the Commerce Departments
pressed whether the Vaterland or other
ships with a large number OF acknowl-
edged reservists would be allowed to
sail The administration is said to be
eager to be absolutely fair to all.
I'VE think clearance must be grant
ed when supposed reservists go as in
dividuals and not as organized military
unless there are other grounds for
Withholding"
This was the message sent to Dud-
ley Field Malone, Collector of Customs
at New York, by the Department of
Commerce to-day, in answer to his in
quiry as to whether the steamer Roch-
ambeau, preparing to leave New York
for France, with a number of supposed
reservists, should be allowed to de-
part. The Instructions to Mr.. Malone,
in this case, 1t was said by officials
here, might constitute a precedent to
be followed in all cases where reserv-
lists were preparing to leave to Join
the armies of their home countries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
DR.. RUTH A. DIETER
HEALTH SECRETARY
Is Chosen Officer Of the Newly
Created Woman's De-
partment

DR.. Ruth A. Deeter, of Harrisburg,
was elected yesterday as secretary of
the newly created woman's depart
ment of the bureau of public health
of the American Osteopathic Associa-
ton, at the meeting of that body in
Philadelphia. DR.. Deeter will have
charge of the work of arranging for
health lectures before women's clubs
and organizations of women in gem
eral. All other matters falling under
the head of public health as related
to the plans of the American Osteo-
pathic Association in connection with
the women's department will in a
large measure fall under her direc-
ton. This is in line with the educa-
tional campaign outlined by the oste-
opaths during the past week in Phila-
delphia. The members of the pro-
fession have determined to do their
full part toward the prevention of dis
ease by popular instruction, and to
that end extensive work will be un-
dertaken Immediately.
The only other Pennsylvania woman
honored by the American Association
was DR.. Julia E. Foster, of Butler
who was elected a member of the
board of trustees.
Vigorous condemnation of the rum
traffic marked the final session of the
convention. Resolutions passed by
the association said:
I'm view of the undoubted and ter
ribly destructive effects of alcohol and
the very doubtful and slight advan-
tage to be obtained from its use, we
hereby unequivocally and uncondi-
tionally condemn it's use and place
ourselves upon record as pronouncing
1t one of the greatest curses of the
age, a\detriment to human being
and disgrace to our civilization"
In offering the resolution, DR.. S. P.
Ross, who is connected with the Phil
adelphia Sunday Breakfast Associa-
ton, the Inasmuch Mission and sew
eral other humanitarian organiza-
tions, pointed out that liquor fills nine
tenths of the insane asylums and
poorhouses in the country, and sends
to paupers' graves each year an ap-
palling number of men and women
who would otherwise make good citi-
zens.
1T is only the organized liquor ring
which keeps the traffic in existence"
he said. Respectable and influential
citizens and organizations fear to come
of its terrible strength. Yet it must
be fought and 1t will be fought and
beaten. In twenty years the man who
is seen entering a saloon will be more
or less a social outcast.
''I consider the anti-liquor resolu-
tion one of the most advanced steps
the Osteopathic Association has ever
taken. We are now definitely lined
up with the forces of modernity and
progress and against the source of
graft and vice"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
Now You Can Enlist
Electricity to Help
Along With the Wash

A bench equipped with an electric
ally driven washer and wringer and
having space to accommodate two
rinsing tubs and a cloths basket, is
described in the Electrical World.
The motor is located under the bench
and drives the washer and wringer
shafts through belts. The wringer is
supported on horizontal slides so that
it can be moved from tub to tub.
The outlet for draining the tubs is
threaded so that an ordinary garden
hose may be attached thereto and the
water conducted to a drain. The
platform for supporting the clothes
basket can be slid out of the way
when not in use. The portion of the
bench on which the rinse tubs rest
may be raised when ringing so that
the tubs and wringer are brought into
a more convenient reation for this
operation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
A PHENOMENON

Tully Marshall, the actor, elucidates
the supernatural in this wise
"'What is a phenomenon" asked
one workman of another.
"'Its like this. Suppose you were
to go out into the country and see a
field of thistles growing.
Yes
"well. that would not be phe-
nomenon!'
"'No, that's quite clear agreed the
other man.
"'But suppose you were to see a
lark singing away up in the sky
"'Yes.
"well, that would not be phe-
nomenon!'
"'No, that also seems clear
"'But imagine there is bull in the
field
Yes
EVEN that would not be a phe-
nomenon.
mo
but, now, Bill, look here. Suppose
you saw that bull sitting on them this
similarly equipped with fans and also
provided with beds which slide into
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
Electricity Used to
Turn Australian Parks
in Very Gay White Ways

Dazzling effects have been obtained
with electric illumination in the new
white city" amusement park at
Rushcutter's Bay, Sydney, Ned South
Wales, Australia. Various attractions
such as one is accustomed to see in
America are to be found at that re-
sort. Among the amusements are
switcnback railways, an underground
river" captive aeropanes, 10y
wheels" a haunted castle, crystal
tangle, a Japanese village, merry-go-
round, shooting galleries, side-shows,
etc. The grounds are attractively
laid out with lagoons and electrically
Illuminated fountains The idea
seems to have taken hold of the
Australian public, declares the Elect
rical World, and large crowds are
visiting the resort nightly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
British Are Elated
Over Many Reported
Defeats of Germans

london, Aug. s. - The spirit In
which the British people are taxing
the war has found expression in their
acceptance of their first misfortune, the
loss Of the cruiser Amphion with lSo
men, In a lesser conflict 1t would have
been mourned as a disaster. To-day
1t is regarded as a regrettaole put
not unexpected incident The papers
accord the matter neither the largest
headlines nor extended expressions or
regret.
Last night there was another of the
great gatherings before Buckingham
Palace which have come to be nightly
expressions of the loyalty and en-
thusiasm of the people. The ovation
before the Italian embassy organized
by members of West End clubs was
followed by demonstrations through
out the West End by the younger
sections of the community These
took the form of rejoicing over the
reported Belgian successes and con-
tinued into the early hours to-day.
The greater number participating in
many instances were Belgians and
Frenchmen, who carried the flags or
their countries and cheered nightly.
The business sections of the town
display few flags and even soldiers
march through the streets without at
tracing special notice
No Malice Being Shown
The authorities hold that there is
certainly no malice being shown
toward the 10000 Germans who re-
main in England. The war office be-
lieves that the Germans have main
tanned for several years the largest
and best organized system of espion-
age that one nation ever supported
against another. Consequently the po-
lice have arrested a large number of
Germans. About fifty were rounded
up yesterday The police took posses
sion of the residence at Marefield of
Prince Muenster of Derenburg, who
left for Germany upon the decla-
ration of war. They also raide6 the
German monotype works at Stafford
and seized a number of rifles and
some ammunition. Thirty-two Ger
mans at the plant were arrested.
Bow street police station is housing
a small armory of weapons which
have been taken by the police from
the homes of Germans.
Several large German stores and
restaurants display signs announcing
that "the proprietor is a naturalized
British subject" few German shops
in the suburbs have been closed. No
instance of Germans being mobbed or
assaulted has been reported and there
have been only a few cases in which
they have been insulted.
All cross channel steamer service
was suspended to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
British Appreciate
American Sympathy
By Associated Press

London, Aug. s.-The Times to-day
editorially expressed the profound sat
isfaction of the British people at the
evidence which the paper says it
finds that the cause for which they
are fighting has the sympathy of their
American kinsmen.
The Times adds that the American
people are now beginning to appre-
ciate that the rise of Germany to the
power and influence hitherto enjoyed
by Great Britain would be a develop
ment inimical to American interests
and a menace to the freedom of the
United States as a world power"
Referring to President Wilson's Of
fer of mediation, the Times says that
there is much stern work to be done
before any government is likely to
avail itself of his proffered services.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
Realty Co. Installs
Electric Fans in an
Apartment House

To make one of it's apartment
houses especially attractive and COM
Portable during the hot summer
months, the Consolidated Realty Com
pany. Louisville, KY, has installed
therein sixty electric fans. These
have been distributed among the
apartments according to their size.
No additional charge is made for the
service which will be furnished
through the four summer months. At
leased to the tenants, or will be col
lected and stored until next season.
The fans are of the 8-inch non
oscillating type. Another high-class
apartment house now being built by
the same realty company will be
ties whistling like a lark-well. that
would be a phenomenon. - August
Young's Magazine.