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Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
TROPICS DEMAND
LOUISIANA RICE
ONE EFFECT OF EUROPEAN WAR
WILL BE TO BOOST RICE
INDUSTRY.
NeMspaner Union News Service,

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-LOuisiana rice boost
ed by the war, will reach record prices
this year, due to the demand from
tropical countries. Cuba will be one
Of the best customers, while demands
have come from as far as Venezuela
and other countries.
Figures show that people living in
tropical countries consume 100 pounds
a year, while the average American
eats but six pounds. AS the result
with a demand from tropical countries
the crop will fade into i%nsignificance
no matter how large. So far only the
river rice has been harvested. This
was Of fine grade and brought a good
price. Next month the crops of south
west Louisiana will be harvested if
rains do not interfere too badly.
The European nations at war also
r expected to demand American
rice. AS a result by October / the
lines of demand will be very we'll
known and the growers who have a
strong selling organization will reap
q harvest on even the grades that
generally take second place. North
ern buyers are already complaining
about the price which is considered
= good sign.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Sugar Traffic Rulings.

New Orleans.-An important ruling
affecting the great sugar traffic Of
New Orleans has been made by the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
and the ruling makes clear certain
phases of the fourth section of the
act to regulate commerce.
Under the ruling the Missouri Pa,
cific and its connections were au'
thorized to continue lower rates on
sugar from New Orleans and other
producing points in Louisiana to Hell
ena, Ark, Memphis, Cairo and st.
Louis, then to intermediate points,
provided that on or before November
IL rates to intermediate stations
south Of Arkansas City Memphis
and St. Louis are corrected not to
exceed from ~ cents to 20 cents pei
100 pounds.
The carriers were authorized to
continue lower rates on sugar from
New Orleans to Chicago and MIS-
.hsp - .n.@.o"ss,1fe points, provid.
-,-le present disparity between
rates to more distant and intermedi-
ate points is not increased.
Under the same conditions the
Union Pacific and the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific were authorized to
continue the lower rate to Omaha.
Neb.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
DIsseAsIoN IN CHURCHES
extraordinary Session Of Synod Call.
ed Tor Baton Rouge, Sept. z.

western Newspaper Union News Service,
New Orleans.-The dissensfon
among Presbyterians of New or.
leans, which recently eliminated in
a determined revolt against the New
Orleans Presbytery and a demand
for the creation OF a new presbyterv
IN Southern Louisiana, has of3ciallv
been taken coghizance of by the
Presbyterian Synod Of Louisiana.
Rev. D. F. Wilkinson Of Zachary. L..
moderator of the synod, has issued 4
call for that body to convene in ex-
traordinary session at the Presbyter.
ian church in Baton Rouge, Septem.
Der II.
1t is generally admitted by Pres.
byterians in this city that the church
faces one Of the gravest crises in its
history, and the Baton Rouge meet.
Ing Of the synod will, undoubtedly.
be largely attended.
-Four Presbyterian churches. bv
vote OF their respective conprepa.
tons, have adopted resolutions. ask
ing the synod either to create a new
presbytery or transfer them to soma
other presbytery now existent. These
churches are the Lafayette, Algiers
and GENTLY Terrace churches Of
this city and the Presbyterian church
Of Paradis, La.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
BIG FLOOD. SWEEPS MANILA
Seven Fiiipinos and One American
Arc Drowned-Water Five Feet
Deep in Streets.

Washington. - Seven F1lipinos and
one American we're drowned In a
flood which swept Manila after . rain.
fall Of more than a week, according
to a message from Gov. Gen. Harrison.
During 48 hours 1854 inches of rain
fell.
The lower sections Of Manila were
flooded to a depth of from three to
five feet during high tide.
The Flipinos were lost from over
turned canoes, and the American.
whose name is not given. was drowned
in Laguna de Bay. The center span
Of the bridge of Spain is reported as
sagging about 16 inches in consequence
Of the flood.
Gov. Harrison's report says no
houses were destroyed in Manila, and
rapid work by insular government and
city authorities prevented loss Of life.
Five thousand women and children
were removed in rowboats to higher
ground. Losses Of goods in ware.
houses is estimated at $3.50
In several districts Of the city the
bridges and streets were damaged, and
the water flooded the furnace room Of
the street railway and power com.
pany.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
MILITIA q. .oaRD AT BUTTE
Four Arrests and No More Disturb.
ance In Mining District-Search
for Mcdonald Fails.

Butte, Mcat.-Butt is under mar
tial law, With the Montana National
Guard occupying the courthouse and
city halt
Four arrests Of leaders of the Butte
Mine workers Union were made, one
Of tire men being James Chapman.
who acted as Judge in the deportation
of nan who refused to join the new
unid. Chapman had cartridges in
his pockets. Three others, who were
crested carried revolvers.
The city was searched for "Muckie"
Macdonald, president Of the union,
nut he oculd not be found. He ia
wanted on charges Of melting riots.
It was said many more arrests would
be made.
On two sides Of the courthouse gat.
ling guns were placed In the streets
Two machine guns were placed on
the courthouse roof The state troops
will sleep IN the court house for the
present.
Orders placing Butte under martial
law prohibits boys and girls under. 18
years from being on the streets at
Women, unaccompanied, are
requested not to appear on the streets.
Public meetings have been prohibited.
but certain organizations will be al.
lowed to meet II they obtain permits.
The miners Of Butte worked 40
usual, but when the miners came to
The surface they were searched foJ
dynamite.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Shrinkags In Assessment.

Baton Rouge.-The rolls filed with
the State Board Of Equalization BY
the parish assessors shows a shrink
age OF $1,bo0,000 In the assessment Of
tho state.
As finally accepted by the state,
the assessment for 1913 was 1881.
o63. 163. The assessment for 1914
IS finally returned by the assessors
Is $57s.424,73 a loss of ;1.Sss,514.
The assessment is subject to change
by the Board Of Equalization.
The decreases in the rolls come
mainly from the sugar and timber
parishes. Orleans parish. which up
to this year showed a healthy in
crease. registered a loss in assess
ments. Caddo, Calcasieu and East
Baton Rouge show substantial in
creases.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
ALL OVER LOUISIANA
OUR SUGAR SELLS
At GOOD ADVANCE
YIELD, HOWEVER, WILL BE ONLY
ABOUT FIFTY PER CENT
OF NORMAL.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-It is an i'll wind that
blows no one any good, says S. A.
Trufant, writing for an industrial pub
LEGATION. Louisiana sugar and rice are
to sell at a big advance.
Consensus Of expert opinion is that
Louisiana has only about IS per cent
Of the normal acreage in sugar, and
that, as many planters, on account
of the reduction of the tariff, could
not raise money to fertilize or pay
labor to cultivate as thoroughly as
usual, the crop yield will be about
so per cent OF Louisiana's normal crop,
say 100000 tons, as a minimum yield.
Since the LIST of August, the rise In
the price of sugar has been nearly .03
cents per pound, $50 per ton, which
would mean $4,000, 900 or $4,000, 900
more revenue from her sugar crop
than Louisiana could have expected
had not the French, Germans and
Russians abandoned their beet-sugar
crop to go to war.
We had a very sharp advance in
sugar prices in the summer of 1911,
when the %beet-sugar crop of both
France and Germany were cut short
by drought. But this is the most sem
sational advance known to the trade.
Up to the 26th of July, when Austria
declared war on little Servia, the SUI
gar interests in Louisiana were con-
sidered seriously crippled by the re-
ductton in the tariff to a OF cent duty
to March l, 1916, and free sugar there.
after.
Those planters who had been fortu.
nate enough to plant and cultivate
their crops this year had been forced
through the great economy necessary
to use very little fertilizer and to
give this crop only such cultivation as
perhaps was absolutely necessary.
The outlook for prices at harvest
time. while encouraging by a Of
an abnormal shortage in the worlds
supply, could only be reckoned upon a
crop yield much less than normal.
MANY had been forced to abandon
sugar as a crop, and with the hope Of
recouping their losses had already
converted such part Of their planta-
lions as they could cultivate into ex-
detrimental agricultural stations and
stock farms. with the hope of selling
out their lands in small farms as the
advantages Of Louisiana's soil be-
come better known.
twenty days have brought such 4
rapid advance In the price of sugar
that only those who are international
experts on the worlds sugar crop ar,
not skeptical.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
81 DEALERS ARE INDICTED
Prison Yawns for Foes P.ice Ftxera.
Fines Are Not Adequate-Fed.
erai Jury lndieta

Observation-Disclosures food deal.
ers were indicted here BY q federal
grand jury under the Sherman law on
counts charging price fixing. It was
the first big development in the ihves-
tigation the department Of justice Is
conducting, at the direction Of Presi'
dent Wilson, against food dealers who
are alleged to have seized upon the
European war as a prete1t to increase
the cost Of living.
All the indicted men are local prod
uce dealers or commission merchants.
No nationally known firm was In
dicted.
At the department Of justice 1t was
said government agents working in
many states for evidence of price fix.
ing were expected to make reports
soon, which officials hoped would be
the basis of other indictments. Attor-
ney-General Gregory said:
"Under conditions now existing
throughout the world, capitalization Of
misfortune and oppression of our own
people by the arbitrary increase Of
the prices Of foodstuffs are so pecu-
liarly reprehensible that, whenever
convictions can be obtained the gov
eminent will insist upon sentences Of
imnrisOnment-nO fine or no civil rem.
edy will be deemed adequate.
United States attorneys are being
instructed promptly to ask for indict-
ments whenever the facts will permit
to push these for early trial, and upon
conviction to insist upon prison sen.
tences."
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
STUP VTS IN THE
LQ JAIN COLLEGE
-
NiNErE. s CATHOLIC PRIESTS
OF NJ z ORLEANS DIOCESE
..cATED THERE.
.Ec
Me- er Union News Service.

Western Net er Union News Service.
New 0 ns.-Te destruction OF
the beat Belgian city of Louvain
~ Ge- roops struck with poig.
nant 1orvo nineteen Catholic priests
OF the archdiocese of New Orleans,
who are graduates Of the American
College established in that city more
than half a century ago.
Three L%ouisianians are enrolled as
students at the American College, but
at the time of the city's destruction
the college vas closed for the sum
mer, and most Of the students were
spending their vacations in other
countries. The three Louisiana sem.
inarians who luckily were on vaca'
ton when tho destruction of Louvain
was recorded, August %. the blacklist
Friday in the ancient city's history,
are: Lucien Caillouet, son of Judge
Cailouet of Thihodauv, La; Cherries
Greco of New Orleans and Lcseman
Simoneaux of %Plattenville. La. The
first two are in Italy, and when the
war broke out Mr.. Simoneaux was in
Germany. They have been students
at the Louvain institution n year.
One Of the nineteen priests of this
diocese who we're educated at Louvain
is Rev. Theophile Stenmans, rector
Of st. Joseph's Church at Gretna.
Father Stenmans attended the Amer
lean College at Louvain between 1894
and 1897, when Mgr. WILKINSON was
rector Of the college. He spoke feel
ingly Sunday afternoon o! the prob
able destruction OF his alma mater.
While he had no actual knowledge
that It was destroyed, the telegraph
news left him no hope, in view Of his
knowledge of the situation In the Ill.
destined city. The American College
Is or was In the Rue de Namur, OPP
posite the artillery barracks. It's
proximity to the military establish
ment probably destroyed whatever
chance 1t may have had of escape
from the torch and the bomb.
Father Stenmans was the project
Of the college the last year Of his
residence there, and he spoke with
much feeling Of what he declared to
be the destruction Of one of the
princinal-.eats Of learning in the
world, the American College alone
having sent owe 900 pri ste % The
missionary work In this country.
In the city. in addition to its ma, v
colleges, were more than 40 ION.
vents conducted b. religious orders.
Father Stenmans is a Hollander.
whose native place is close to the
northern boundary Of Belgium. He
ia recently In receipt Of q letter from
his mother, written since the inva.
sion Of the little kingdom began. in
which she spoke Of her visit to q
hospital and Of seeing children whose
bodies had been mangled by shells
in the bombardment Of some Of the
Belgian towns.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
French Kind, says Dying German.

French Kind, Says Dying German.
Paris.-The. American embassy here
is daily in receipt Of letters written by
dying soldiers, forwarded to 1t by the
French government for transmission
to Germany.
One is from q German aviator, VINO
had fallen into the hands OF the
French. The man wrote:
"Good-by dear father and mother;
my leg has been crushed. The Frencn
ofncers are very kind"
a postscript to this letter, added ny
a French oficer, reads:
AT this point the brave fellow died.
please forward this tQshis parents.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
RETURNS FROM THE EIGHTH
Asweils Majority Is 3,711 Over Per.
rim For Congress.

Alexandria.-The Democratic Elk.
ecutive Committee Of the Eight Con-
gressional District met here Monday
with c. H. Teal Of Grant, the chair.
man. presiding. and canvassed the
returns and tabulated the vote of the
congressional primary held Aug. q
to nominate a Congressman and mem.
Der OF the State Board of Equaliza-
ton from this district. Following
Is the total vote received by each of
the candidates:
Aswell, $3.50; Perrin. 2,675; Pom.
DER. 5,052; taglesDy, 4,013.
Aswelrs majority, 3.711; Ponder's
majority, 1,O499.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Militia Allotment s6o,11

Baton Rouge.-Adjutant General
McNeese, L. N. G., has received no.
tice from the War Department that
the State National Guards allotment
from the federal government for tn.
next fiscal year will be as follows:
For arms, equipment and camp MIR.
poses, $~26,S34.S3; for promotion Of
rifle practice, sS,944.95; for field ar.
tiilery ammunition, $685.: for
small arms ammunition, 5 ,294.11:
for supplies, S~99,64I.27. The allot.
nent is the came as last yea
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
DonaIdsonvil,e's Police Force.

Donaidsonville.-The reorganization
OF Donaldsonville's police force has
been effected by the election of Rob-
ert E. Dill as chief Of police and LII.
Glen Acosta, Jr., as assistant. The
force heretofore has consisted Of
Henry Schaff. ST., chief, and Ernest
Dalferes and Caliste M%ontero, assist.
ants.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Gets Emergency Currency.

Baton Rouge.-The Louisiana M.
tional Bank has received So 600 Of
the new emergency currency issued
by the secretary Of the treasury m.
Ger the terms Of the Aldrich-yreer
land act to relieve a possible strfn.
gency in the American money mar.
ket as a result OF the European war
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
After unbonded Labor AGENTS.

"'so' O"Uo"Veu IduoF Agents.
Snfeveport.-An exodus OF Caddo
parish negroes to the Texas cotton
fields has stimulated the police to
take action against three unbonded
negro labor agents who have been
instrumental in getting about 800
negroes to leave this section. A ma.
jority OF the blacks went to Terrell.
Boyce City and Rockwell. all dis.
tributing points. The three blacks
arrested Sere unable to furnish bond
They are charged with beng unli.
cenEed labor agents.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
New Surveyor Of tn. por,

New orleans.-Robert L. Knox Of
Lake Charles has indicted into the
Office OF surveyor Of tho port of New
Orleans Tuesday morning at IN
o'clock. United States Commission.
er Browne administered the oath Of
ONCE, and the simple ceremony was
witnessed by several friends of the
new official.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Woodson succeeds MAYO.

Louisville. Ky.-Urey Woodson. an
Greensboro {Ky.) editor, and secretary
Of the democratic national committee
from 1906 to 1910, was chosen to fill
the vacancy on that committee at q
meeting here OF the Kentucky demo.
cratic central and executive commit
tees.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
cion.

.rt should be explorers privilege
10 name anythihe discovers
.Yes, Bu~txplorers should be
warned not 2 geographical spots
tha hnd az mes they cab one an.
other"
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Ballot Tor Theater Boz.

One Of the privileges Of members
Of the British royal household IL to
have the use Of tho royal box at
Covent Garden when It is not required
BY their majesties. There are always
several claimants for the privilege
and hitherto seniority In the house
hold has determined the question Of
who should use the box on i vacant
night. This season King George has
adopted the plan Of making the mem
bers Of the household ballot for the
.box.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Nav nnnehafo,.i. n.i..;...

New Ponchatouia Principal.
Ponchatoula.-Prof. H. A. Baker.
sne newly elected principal Of the
Ponchatoula High School, has arrived
from Chicago. and took charge Of
the school Tuesday.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Celebrated St. Louis pax

Celebrated St. Louis Day.
OpelOusas.-St. Louis Day was nh.
served here by the Chachere family
and their relatives from the adioin.
ing parishes; there being 275 pres.
cnt at the annual barbecue.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Laxaro Declared the Nomin..

3~@@'O OSS'A'eO ne NomInee.
Lake Charles, The Democratic
Congressional Committee canvassed
the vote Of the Seventh District pri.
mary, and declared Congressman L,
Lazaro of St. Landry, the nominee,
He received 5,528 votes. against l..
548 for Ladin Vincent.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Hook d Puhi,.h

.ro1t his fortune and his re,,
son IN fishing venture. you say!"
yes 70 get out a book called.
Whr,s IL Mexico
ExamiI
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Continuous RAIN. ,c,ur. c.o,.

Continuous Rains lnjure Crops.
Morganza-The continued rains of
the past few weeks have been very
injurious to the cotton, corn and pea
crops. Cotton is beginning to rot
ana peas DO not bear. Cane is doing
vel.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12
Killed hx Moro nurol,r.

Killed by Negro Burglar.
Alexandria,. p. Marshall. dep-
uty assessor Of Rapides parish, died
as the result Of a wound inflicted by
q negro burglar who entered his res.
idence early Thursday morning. 7
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12

Rome.-The coronation cf Pope Ben.
edict XIV. took place in the Sistine
Chapel. The ceremony was imposing
in its solemnity. The Sistine Chapel
was used for the occasion to avoid
pomp during the war. The entire pom
tifical court, numbers Of the Roman
aristocracy and the family Of the pom.
tiff were present.
The scene with Pope Benedict seat.
ed Ia the Sedia G%estatoria, preceded
by .~sarsrssof the triple crown and
thanked by bearers Of the celebrated
feather fans and sixty cardinals in
their full yestments, was a striking
one. When the ceremony ended the
pope was received with loud acclaim.
Later in the day Pope Benedict re-
ceived successfully in private audi
ence Cardinals Gibbons, Farley and
O'Oonnell, who presented their suits
and some American friends.
The entire armed corps of the holy
see saluted the passage OF q process.
sion which formed in the pope.s' apart
ments and proceeded to the Pauline
Chapel, where the alteration Of the
holy sacrament was celebrated.
From the Pauline Chapel the pro.
cession moved to the Sistine Chapel,
where a mass was said. After the in.
dulgentiam the subdeacon placed the
maniple on the arm Of the pope. W.
sat down while the cardine'~ VI .ue
diocese Of Rn-. sccIteo II cOrOna'
ton prayer.
The pope then mounted the altar
and a cardinal placed the pallium on
his shoulders. A. this moment Bene-
dict XIV. received the last alteration OF
the cardinals, bishops and abbes. Then
he read the Introit, intoned the gloria
and resumed his seat on the throne.
The new pontiff, whose election was
no surprise, as he had been promi-
nently mentioned as a possible choice,
has only been a cardinal since May
rs, 1914, and is archbishop Of Bologna.
Born at Pegil, in the diocese OF &C.
nes, November 81, 1854, he was or
dained a priest December q. 1878.
He served as secretary Of the nuncia'
ture Of Spain from 1889 to 1887 and
in 1887 was appointed secretary to tn
late Cardinal Rampolla. ii
The choice fell on a cardinal Of Itl1
ian birth, as was expected from fs
dition, and also from the distupt.
conditions in Europe, which miliavu
against the selection Of a pope -
side Of the Italian hierarchy. tsas
at the age Of "a that the new poe~as
ordained in the priesthood. le soon
attracted the attention Of Caulnal
Rampolla, later secretary ofstfe .
Pope Leo XIII. When Cardns TAM
polla was made nuncio to Mario, ne
took M~onsignor Della Chiea ltn FL"
as secretary Of nunciatur.
The full title Of the Aev pope ~
addition to Benedicte * WIZ
Bishop Of Rome and Siccsoi =. %
Peter, Supreme Pontift ofne on,
sal Church, Patriarch LUG "
Primate Of Italy, Arcnbiop anu
ropolitan Of the Roman,no"nSS
eieign Of the Temper DOMINION u
the Holy Roman Chut'
Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12

London.-rhe Brth government
made, official denito the German
charges that I'M I'm bullets had
been found On Emu 'n' rien'n
prisoners.
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Siour NapioS, SoWa,

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miooasen Seitslibstieneite ntco 81.
ring til Wfinoe9apen.
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Ser ieruereoes Sorfriifninger.
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beforeret meb.
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oenne o. no iii Ell aaben Glabs /
Sfogen, 6ppr Ell Soleitol bar reiit
Tor 9lnleoninaen. Otter at ell Gel
Sporelan0siange bar iuitget o. no9,
le intereaiunte gruoltptfer al Nors
gcs Siltorle, ira 1914 til 1905, par
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ban Jig gobt Ion1 6olfetaler, ~ ION
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Neoifriperen al oisie Sinier ielre Jig
forpisiet ON, at allies Sanfer pur pdo
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