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Evening star., 1914-12-23
American Plantation Seized

Az oilicial ulSpatch to the State Depart
ment today from Vera Cruz said Car
rama forces had taken possession of an
American plantation. Monte Blanco, near
CORDOBA. Representations have been
made for the recovery Of the property
report from Ensenada says Col
Cantu, with $50 soldiers, has arrived there
and is conducting the local government
in the interest of Villa.
Inc Mexican steamer MaZatlail ell
route to San Francisco, is reported de-
tained at Ensenada on charge of hav-
ing violated the Mexican port regulations
Floods Delay Scott Conference.
Gen. Scott, chief of staff of the army,
who was sent to Naco to endeavor to
restrain the warning Mexican factions
from continuing hostilities which would
| endanger life and property on the
American side of the border, has been
hampered by foods. He telegraphed
Secretary Garrison from Naco, under
date of noon yesterday, as follows:
Heavy three days storm; whole
country under water, travel most diff
ncuft. Maytorena unable to get to the
conference arranged for at 10 O'Clock
this yesterday morning at Osborne.
l had conference with Carranza's
terence with Hill has peen arranged
for tomorrow. and Maytorena has tele-
graphed for another appointment"
A press dispatch from Naco, Ariz.,
to create a neutral strip along the
Mexican side of the border, to save
Naco, ArIz., from further damage from
Mexican shot and shell, Will be sought
tomorrow by Brig. Gen. Hugh L. Scott,
chief of staff or the United States
Army. Gen. Hill declared today that he
would not evacuate Nacc.
Torrential rains have created a river
100 feet wide and five feet deep be-
tween the United States Army camp and
Naco and have hindered conferences
with the Mexican leaders.
Inc TRIP OF Gen. Carranza from Vera
Cruz to the lsthmus of Tehuantepec
was Interrupted by Zapata forces, who
Wild locomotive into his approach
ing train. Neither Carranza nor any
Of mis- party was injured.
These facts have been reported in a
private dispatch from a point on the
railroad on which Carranza was travel
ing. Officials Of the Washington gov
ernment placed full credence in the
report, but declined to comment on 1t
beyond saying that they had consular
advices telling Of Carranza's departure
for the isthmus.
Returns to Vera Cruz,
Gen. Carranza,. according to the prt-
vate dispatch, returned to Vera Cruz
after the incident at Soledad and has
now gone to Cordoba to inspect his
troops. From Cordoba some of his
officers say he will continue his jour-
ney to the isthmus, after which he
will go to Merida, in the state Of
| Yucatan.
| Carranza officials here deny emphati-
cally suggestions which have been cur
rent In Mexico City that Carranza in
tended to fee to Central American
country. They say the first chief
planned his trip to the isthmus short
| ly after the railway to that part of
Mexico was taken over by the Car
| ranZa faction.
Evening star., 1914-12-23
British Wireless Dismantled.

Lieut.. Crenshaw, naval radio officer at
the Panama Canal Zone, cabled the
the Navy Department today that the
wireless apparatus of the British steam
er Protesilaus, in Balboa harbor, was
dismantled by Canal Zone police De-
.ember 10 after it was found she had
been sending code messages.
The cruiser Tacoma is at Cristobal
to enforce neutrality, and the navy
Department still has under considera-
ton the possibility of dtspatching an
other vessel to the Canal Zone.
British Statement.
A British statement recently to the
Navy Department said Gov. Goethals
had said in a written communication
that he had been misinformed when he
charged that British collier was US
ing it's radio outfit contrary to neu-
trality. Officials here now assume that
the governor had reference to another
British ship which also figured in the
official dispatches as having violated
the canal rules by leaving Balboa
without clearance papers. and that that
vessel has been COMPOUNDED with the
Protesilaus The unnamed collier had
no wireless apparatus.
! The Protesilaus Is British mer-
| chant steamer of 6,118 tons, which,
under charter of the British govern
nent, sailed from Victoria, b. c., In
November for Balboa, Panama. Canal
Zone 1t was assumed she carried coal
and supplies for British naval vessels.
Evening star., 1914-12-23
Congress Adjourns Until Dec. 20.

Both houses Of Congress adjourned
today until December 20 for a Christ
mas holiday recess.
Evening star., 1914-12-23
Additional Dredge Needed.

Il also want to ask for an additional
dredge when I go to Washington" he
said. Il fear that we will have to keep
a dredge working on the canal steadily
for a year or more. The hills at Guile
bra seem to be settling. and this is the
cause of the frequent slides. We have
been able. however, to get ships
through the canal in much better time
than we thought We could. For IN
stance, we calculated on a half hour
to each of the three locks. but We fnd
that 2 ship can be passed through ali
three locks in fifty-five minutes"
Col. Goethals said that there are at
the present time still $4,000 men on the
governments pay rolls in the Canal
Zone.
Evening star., 1914-12-23
Incidents Of Violations.

''One of the incidents was that OF q
ship which sailed without clearance
papers: the other was a ship that was
reported to have been using her wire
less within the Canal Zone" Col. Goe-
thals said The naval officers in charge
brought the matter to my attention and
asked me. as governor, to request the
government to send warships to the
Canal Zone. I transmitted their re-
quest as matter of form and there
my responsibility ended.
'In recommending that the ships be
sent I was governed by the recon-
mendations maze to me by the naval
officers"
Col. Goethals expects to go to Wash
ington after the Christmas holidays to
urge Congress to appropriate S10.OO0,-
600 for the construction of drydocks.
barracks. machine shops and Wharves
in the Canal Zone.
He intimated that he would have
nothing further to say on the matter
of sending war vessels to the Canal
Zone unless he were asked to give his
views He said he expected to go to
West Point first to see his son, who is
an instructor at the Military Academy.
Evening star., 1914-12-23
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Thursday; not much
change in temperature; moderate west
erly winds.
Temperature 70 ne past twentyfour
hours: High, IS 1T 3 pm. yesterday;
low, 19, at am. today.
(For full report see page 17.)
Evening star., 1914-12-23
WARSH|PS SOUGHT
BY NAVAL OFFICERS
Col. GoethaIs Explains Reason
for Request Being Sent
to Washinuton.
DUE TWO VIOLATIONS
OF AMERICAN NEUTRALITY
Cne Is Ship Sailing Without Clear
ance Papers: the Other Using Wire
less Within Canal Zone.

NEW YORK. December 23.-The re-
quest made by Col. George w. Goethais,
governor of the Canal Zone. for the dis
patch of American warshiDs to the
canal to preserve the neutrality of the
United States was made at the request
of naval of4cers in charge OF wireless
plants and naval affairs in the zone. II
was forwa rded te Washington as a
matter of form by Col. Goethals, acting
in his capacity as governor of the
Canal Zone and the incident is ended
SO far as Col. Goethals Is concerned,
SO announced the colonel himself upon
his arrival here today from Cristobal
on the steamship Panama.
Col. Goethals said that naval officers
had reported to him that there had been
two violations of American neutrality.
He declined to give the names of the
naval officers or to mention the names
of the vessels involved in the alleged
violations of neutrality.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-07-11
The War on Cancer,

The New York Board of Health has
issued a circular warning the public
of the increasing danger from cancer.
From this it appears that at the
present time one man in every four
teen and one woman in every eight
over the age of 40 die of cancer. Can
Ger claims $4,000 victims every year
IN the United States.
Tie Board of Health gives some
excellent suggestions as to the best
way to avoid cancer. The most i'm
portant of these are not to permit
any irritation of the tongue by con-
tact with broken or decayed teeth,
and not to neglect any swelling of
the skin, lips, tongue, etc.
Wart on a child is rarely any
tnlng but a Wart; on an adult it is
likely to be the beginning of a can
cerous growth
In its earliest stages cancer can
generally be cured by a simple opera
ton; IN its later stages it is gener-
ally incurable, though some forms of
1t IN some parts of the body have
been erad1cated by the radium treat
Times.
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Value of cottonseed Oil Recognized

VaiQS oI#IoLIonSeed OH recognized.
There is now a wide recognition OF
cottonseed oil as practically equal to
olive oil in food value. AS salad
oil it is scarcely distinguishable from
olive Oil in taste and appearance, is
easily assimilable by the digestive
system, and is much cheaper, selling
at wholesale for about so cents a gal
Ion as against over So a gallon for
olive oil. The United States now
produces about 200 million gallons of
cottonseed oil per annum, imports
one and a half million gallons, and
exports considerable quantities to
foreign countries. While the exports
aggregated nearly SO million gallons
in 1912, they declined to So millions in
1913. This was due to the fact that
by tae new hardening process which
American manufacturers are using in
the manufacture of lards and cook
ing fats, a much larger share of cot
ton Oil can be used therein; hence 1t
can be used to better advantage for
home consumption than in the export
trade. This comes at a time when
there is decrease in the slaughter
ing of beef cattle in the United
States, which would otherwise have
brought about a big shortage in the
supply of oleostearin, formerly neces-
sarE in the manufacture of lard COM
pounds.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Opportunities for Obtaining Employ
ment Under the Federal Gov
eminent.


The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
examinations to be held on the dates
given below, and circulars containing
further information relative thereto
may be seen at the office of this
paper:
Copyist marine engineer and boiler
craftsmen, $3.50 1928 per diem,
| Navy Department; minor field clerk,
$3.50 to 5000, Reclamation Service !;
nautical expert, $1,000, Navy Depart.
ment; scientific assistant in market.
ing and distribution, $1400 to $500,
Department OF Agriculture; appren-
tice plate printer, $500, Coast and
Geodetic Survey, Washington, D. C.
July. mechanical craftsman,
$125- to $3.50 a month, Panama Canal
Service
Aug. 3-Chief, section of derived
products, $4,000 to $4,000, Forest Ser
vice, Madison, Wis: assistant in
farm management, $500, Department
of Agriculture; chemical engineer
$1,000 to $4,000, Bureau of Mines, De
Dartment of the Interior at Pittsburg
Pa.
Aug. 5-Junior zoologist, s14OO,
Department Of Agriculture; laboratory
apprentice, $3.50 to $40, Department
of Commerce.
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Notice of Examination,


The next state examination of ap.
plicants for teachers certificates will
be held July 80, 81 and August 1,
lWhite); and August 3, 4, S, (negro)
The subjects of examination and
conditions governing the issuance of
certificates to applicants will be the
same as those of the last examina-
ton.
Under resolution of the State
Board of Education, applicants who
have pursued successfully the six
weeks course of the summer normal
schools of the state shall be credited
with five points to the general aver
age earned by them in the examina-
ton, with six points for the eight
weeks course, and with seven points
for the nine weeks course.
J. L. RUSCA, Supt.
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A Quick Reversal.

Up to last Saturday, DR.. Oscar
/ Bowling, president of the state board
of health, didn't stand very well with
this legislature, and he never mas
stood well with the small but noisy
portion of New orleans who do all
the talking. Several measures ne
had brought before the legislature
seeking the extension OF the power
and authority of the state board or
health had been ruthlessly slaugh-
tered, and the forecast OF the legls"
latiye reporters was that the axe
had already been sharpened for the
rest The pinhead portion of the
legislature 1--WE speak in a PickWick-
ian sense) saw an opportunity to cur
ry favor with those people who talk
| first and do their thinking after
ward; one state senator broke into
the 'sVoice of the People" column Of
the Times-Picayune and On the gen.
eral premise that DR.. Bowling was a
tyrant and had too much arbitrary
power, abused him for not exercising
! it more generally and ruthlessly
The doctor was even compelled to
go into court to get permission to
take such steps as would compel
New Orleans to put public building
| in sanitary condition.
| Then, on Saturday, Something Hap
pened!
New Orleans now wants the city
| Immediately secured and cleaned as
| it never has been cleaned since
Sieur Iberville used to foregather with
| the Indians at Little Woods. It
wants thorough survey made of the
city for suspicious disease; wants q
rigid system of inspection establish
ans to be slaughtered as ruthlessly
as Dr. Dowling's bills, and wants the
state to appropriate $150,000 to car
ry out these purposes. And who do
/ you suppose New Orleans wants to
take charge of this campaign?
Why, Bowling, of course. Bowling,
the tyrant, Bowling, the usurper of
the peoples liberty to squat content
eddy in their own filth and die if
they so desire, makes good boyle
man for the pinhead legislators
(again, We speak Pickwickianly) to
conjure votes with, but when New
Orleans and Louisiana have a mans
Job for somebody in the way Of
guarding health and life, of warding
away the most terrifying disease of
modern times, they need to make but
one guess as to where he shall be
found
And Bowling, of course, will plunge
whole heartedly into the necessary
work just as if he had never been
hampered and irritated by the pin
head tribe, which is eminent1y right
and proper. When people stop to
worry about pinheads, nothing, it
may be said, gets itself done.-Lake
Charles .American-Press.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-07-11
Potato Raising Profitable.
Belle Helene, La, June 80, 1914.

Belle Helene, La, June 80, 1914.
Editor Chief:
i 1t, may be of interest to some to
read of the outcome of Irish potato
planting by the Belle Helene Farmers
/ Association. Our association shipped
four carloads to Cincinnati, and not
until after shipping did we realize
that we had made some serious mis-
takes, all of which are attributable to
not having in advance the informa-
most serious of all, the variety best
suited to the northern trade. Our
association members planted only the
| white potato, which is an inferior
selling potato on the northern market.
The Bliss Triumph, on the Cincinnati
market were bringing from fifty to
| seNenty=fiVe- cents per 90-pound sack
more than any of the white varieties.
I also gained the information that
to secure the best prices for our
produce it is necessary to exercise
the best care in grading and packing
and in this way attract the high
grade buyers on the market, as all
Inferior goods are sold to an inferior
trade. Still with all of our mistakes,
Fl made a very profitable showing ON
seven. acres planted to potatoes on
Rearwood plantation, as the state
ment herewith will show:
Fall and Jan. blowing of land IL II
47s blu. seed potatoes 40 70
Planting ;. 10 03
First cultivation, with harrow 1 As.
Second cultivation, with har-
row.. I 40
Third cultivation, with Mo-
line cultivator and dou-
bic ploW... 49,. 5 25
Fourth cultivation, with ploWs
and hoes. 80
Cost of 442 s0-lb. sacks at
5h cents 80. "a 81
Digging and loading cars. % 80
Rent, acres of land ..... 35 90
Pro rata of expense to Gin
cinnati.. ...... 25 90
$ 201 88
Net proceeds 442 sacks po-
tatoes. $478 SIS
Net proflt.,.. ........$2 76 AZ
Net profit Per acre.. SO 40
Yours very truly,
w. B. STUART.
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The Fit Will Survive.

VI. A. White, a sugarhouse engi-
neer OF many years experience, is OF
the opinion that Louisiana will new
er stop growing sugar. The Junk
heap" sugarhouses will have to go
out of the business-quite true; but
the sooner they go, even under the
most favorable conditions, the better,
because they are not economical to
operate. Mr.. White thinks the mill
OF great tonnage capacity and great
extracting powers will be able to
stay in the business-at least for a
number of years to come.-Weekly
Iberian.
Tell 'em you saw it in The Chief.
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PARTITION SALE.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Ascen
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Judicial
District Court.
L. A. Beaverton

VS.. No. 21S9
Joseph Herbert Beaverton ct ais
II z VIRTUE OF and in obedience
- to an order of sale, to effect a
partition, issued by the above named
court in the above entitled and mum.
bered cause, and to me directed,
have taken into my possession and
will offer for sale at public auction
to the last and highest bidder, ac-
cording to law, at the principal front
door of the courthouse of the parish
of Ascension, in the town of Donald.
sonville, on
SATURDAY, JULY II, 1914,
at II o'clock a. m, the following de.
scribed property, to-Wit:
Three certain lots of ground, to-
gether with all the buildings and
improvements thereon and all the
rights, ways, privileges, servitudes
and advantages thereunto appertain.
ing and belonging, situated in the
parish of Ascension, state of Louisi-
ana, in the fifth ward of said parish,
and designated as lots Nos. ten (1G)
and eleven CID and part of lot No.
nine (9), Of section twelve (12), in
township ten QO) south, range three
(3) east, southeastern district, east
of river, st. Helena meridian in Lou
isiana, containing thirty and forty
eight one-hundredths go 4S-10O)
acres; being the same property Qess
two acres thereof in lot No. 81 &C
quired by the late Mrs. Alfred w.
Beaverton from Marion N King, by
act before J. c. Wenck, notary public
of Orleans parish, on January II,
1901, and recorded in Book of Convey
ances of Ascension parish No. Al, TO-
lilo 583.
Terms and conditions-Cash in
United States currency.
e. G. HANSON,
Sheriff, Parish of Ascension.
Donaldsonville, La, June 6, 1914.
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Newton, Tex, Nov. %. i
Mr.. e. f. MONTGOMERY

ASCH tou, ca, z4NOf. I'd, To-
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Be fair to your city and yourself
Your money was made here-spend il
mere. Outside stores contribute moth.
ing TO the upbuilding of this com.
munlty. The merchants here do. Re
member this and buy in Donaldson
vile.
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SURVEYOR.

u J. LeGardeur. Jr., Surveyor, Ma
-IGa poleonY11le, La, Practices in all
phone No. 81, NapoleonViIle ex-
change.
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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.
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IN. Il. III. HANSON, PHYSICIAN Of
~ flee: Railroad avenue, between Clai-
borne and Opelousas streets. Phone 24O.
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nR. j. ID. HANSON, PHYSICIAN. Of
~ ice and residence: Lessard street,
between Nichols avenue and Iherville
street. Telephone 81.
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ATTORNEYS AND NoTARIEs

p J. VEGA, ATTORNEY AT Law AND
Ds NOTARY PUBLIC. Office, 313 Nichols
avenues. Telephone 81.
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CALEB C. WEBER, ATTORNEY AT Law
~ AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Office in Rail-
road avenue, opposite the DonaIdsonville
High School. Telephone 1922.
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PROFESSIONAL
PHYSICIANS

X. SIMS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
lie Office in Houmas street, between
tberville street and Crescent Place. Tele-
phone 80.
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Read your home paper.
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ADOLPHE METER,
C. n. LANDRY, ST.,
LEON NEWMAN,
Finance Committee
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Tell 'em you saw it in The Chief.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
DR.. J. P. Swentzel Dead

DR.. j. p. Swentzel, an aged
and highly respected citizen of
this county. died at his home in
Arnoldsburg early Friday morn.
ing. DR.. Swentzel had been
very low for several weeks and
his death was not entirely unex-
pected. but nevertheless it came
as great shock TO his many
friends in all parts of the county.
DR.. Swentzel was born in
Clarion county, Pennsylvania,
over seventy. eight years ago.
When just boy he commenced
the study and practice of medi-
cine under DR.. Tharp, of Au-
burn, and later moved to Burn
ing Springs from which point he
moved to this county in 1875.
Since that time he has lived in
this county continuously, in
Grantsville up until about ten
years ago and after that at Rus
sett and Arnoldsburg. He was
active in the practice of his pro-
fession up until short time be-
fore his death and he was recog-
nized as a skillful practitioner.
Calhoun county never had a bet
ter. more upright and honest cit
izen and the medical profession
never had a more gentle, consid-
crate ply sician.
DR.. Swen'Zel's wife preceded
him to the grave several months
ago. and there still survive him
one son, Homer H., and one
brother. George, and both Of
whom live in Huntington, and
both of whom were present at
his deathbed.
Funeral services and inter-