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Evening star., 1914-11-09

Payable fn advance-hy mail. postage preoald:
Daily. SUNDAY Included. month. 60 cents.
Daily. Sunday excepted one month. y cents.
Saturday S.ar. 81 year: Sunday Star. 81 ~ year
Evening star., 1914-11-09
Colors of the $25 Suits:

Browns and greens are favored, black
is also good. Navy blue is the leading
color; few plums and taupes.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31
500 Reward, 800

The readers Of this paper will
be pleased TO learn that there is
at least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional disease, re-
auires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address E. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toleeo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31
Proclamation of Election.
Melville. La. Jan. Z. 1914.

Melville, La, Jan. z, 1914.
|, Lester j. Williams, Mayor of the
Town of Melville, La, by virtue of au-
thority in me vested do hereby issue
this my proclamation calling an cleo
ton to be held on Tuesday, February
3, 1914, for the purpose of electing a
Mayor, Five Aldermen and a Marshal
as provided in act 152 Of 1898 and pur-
suant to the authority in me vested / do
hereby name and appoint the following
commissioners to preside at said cleo
ton on Tuesday, February the 8, 1914:
E. j. Leblanc, A. Rosenberg and Oscar
Hamilton.
The commissioners are instructed to
open the polls atsix o'clock a. m. and
close same at seven o'clock p. m. on
same day of said election.
Thus done, ordered and signed Of
ficially on this seventh day of January,
A. D. 1914, at Melville, st. Landry Par
ish, La.
LESTER j. WILLIAMS,
jan 10 At Mayor.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31

You know what you are taking when you take Groves Tasteless chill Tonic
as the formula is printed on every label showing that it contains the enknown
tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. Tits as strong ast the strongest bitter
tonic and is in Tasteless Form. 1t has % equal for Malaria, chIls and Fever
Weakness, general debility and loss of appetite. Gives life and yigort Q Nursing
Mothers and Pale, sickly Children. Removes Biiousness without purging.
Relieves nervous depression and low spirits. Arouses the liver to action and
pun6s the blood. ATrueT Tonic and Sure Appetizer. A Complete Strengthened.
No family should be withoutit Guaranteed by your Druggist Weneanh it.. soc.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31

By virtue of an order and decree of the
Honorable, the Twenty-third judicial
District Court of Louisiana, sitting in
and for the Parish of st. Mary, in the
above and foregoing cause, rendered
in favor of the intervenor, the Douglas
Electric Construction Co., Ltd, /, w.
D. Haas, Receiver of the Augusta
Sugar Co., Ltd, will offer for sale at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder for cash and Subject to appraise-
ment, at the principal front door of
the courthouse In the City of Opelou-
sas, st. Landry Parish, on
Saturday, January 3lSt, 1914,
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m.
and A p. M, to pay intervenor's claim,
as per judgment rendered in said
cause, to which reference is made, all
the rights, titles and interest of the
Auguste Sugar Co., Ltd, in and to the
following described property, to-wit:
The electric light plant Of the said
Augusta Sugar Co., Ltd, installed in
its mill and factory at or near arbreck,
in the Parish of st. Landry, consisting
of:
1-121-2 E. w. 125iV. 1850 rpm. c. &
C. Dynamo.
mo. 4 Jewel Automatic Honz En-.
CINE.
1-No. 4 Circuit Switch Board.
Terms: Cash.
St. Landry, La, December %, 1913.
w. d. HAAS, Receiver.
lnn ~ a.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31

Intervention of the
DOUGLAS ELECTRIC CONTSRUC-
TON COMPANY, LIMITED.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31

No. 1858, Civil Docket, 18th Judicial DIS
trict Court, st. Landry Parish. La.
above numbered and entitled suit, signed
| by B. H.. Pavy, Judge of the 18th Judicial
District court OF Louisia q,
by the undersigned auctIoneer. for the pur,
pose of efectfng a partition. 10 the last
| highest bidder, at the front door OF the
courthouse. at opelousas. La. on
Saturday, Feb. z. 1914,
at ii O'Clock a. M. the following described
property. to-Witi
! /. a certain tract or parcel of1and with all
the buildings nj improvements thereon,
| situated on the northwestern bank OF Bay
on Garrigues, P1aisancs. st. Landry par.
ish, containing forty arpents. bounded
north by now or formerly Mrs. Lalaune.
east by the Malvsat tract and Ben Jonn.
| Jean Malveau, n west by now or form
! erly Sami. Haas and Mrs. Lalaune; being
same property acquired by Henry Thomas
! from Amelia Damas, widow Louis b.. NAL
corded in Conveyance Book "o"s p. 5l5,
records of st. Landry Parish.
q. A certain tract of land, containing
| eleven acres, with the buildings and I'M
provements thereon, situated on the
northwestern bank of Bayou G~arrigues IN
Plaisance.. St; Landry Parish. bounded
| now or formerly Felicia Thterry, south by
the MalYeau tract and west now or form
eriy Mrs. Lalaune; being same properly
acquired ny Henry Thomas from Willie
Evans, as appears by act. No. 1880 duly
1854 Inc 1856 of the recorders office OF ST.
Landry parish.
Terms: Cash.
49,, o re- #H- Aftpfi0naar.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31
Saturday, Feb. 2I, 1914.
RECEIVERS SALE.
In the matter of the
AUGUSTA SUGAR co. LTD,
Receivership.

Twenty-Third Judicial District Court
of Louisiana, Parish of st. Mary.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31
WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONIC : TAKE GROVES

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless chilli Tonic is Equally
Valuable as a General Tonic because 1t Acts on the Liver,
Drives Out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Crown People and Children.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31

Cottage for rent. Apply to j.
j. Healey. nov. Is If
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31
THE 81. LANDRY CLARION 81, 1914.
DARTfTIoN SALE
o.. 4. DUHIO; Ell a1si
VS.
HENRY THOMAS, ct alsI

No. 1858, Civi Docket, 18th Judicial DIS
trtct Court, st. Landry Parish. La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31
ct
SALE
ESTATE OF REBEoCA JONES.

No 1857, Probate Docket, 18th Judicial d
trict Court. Parish of st. Landry, La.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
DREAM Of CENTURIES IS REALIZED
At GAMBOA WHEN DAM IS BROKEN
Free Waterway Across the sthmus Created When President
Wilson Touched Button-PossibiIties Were Seen by Bal
boa-Story Of the Panama Canal and of French
and American Engneerinu

New York.-For more than 400
years the vision of n canal across the
lsthmus OF Panama has fired the imag
inatlon OF the world. Frank Parker
Stockridge writes I'm Popular Mechan-
les. The vision became a reality on
October 10. 1913. when President
Woodrow Wilson In the White House
at Washington pressed a button which
sent the electric current 1000 miles to
explode 40 tons of dynamite which
blew up the last barrier to free wa.
terway across the isthmus
"Gamboa's busted" exclaimed the
president as he pressed the telegraph
key. The casualness of his remark
was tribute to the engineers of the
United States army, to whom the dig
ging of the canal has been simply "an-
other job" I'm the routine of their reg
ular work and one that called for no
brass bands or special ceremonies to
glorify It. with the same simplicity
the first vessel to pass through the
famous Culebra cut, after the break
ing of the Gamboa dixie had let In the
water, was an ordinary rowboat, while
a humble but useful tugboat was the
first craft of any kind to make the
passage through the great Gatun
locks.
While the work at Panama is still
far from completed. yet the canal
which the first Spanish explorers Wis
ualized Is today an accomplished fact
On September 25, 1543. Vasco Nunez
de Balboa climbed the peaks of the
continental divide and discovered the
Pacific ocean, which he named the
South sea- From where Balboa stood
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28

er by way OF Nicaragua, and consider
ing existing French concessions in
Panama. the commission gave 1t as It's
belief that the Nicaragua route was
more desirable under the circum-
stances. The effect OF this report was
to induce the French Panama COM
pany to offer its concession to the
United States for 100000 900 in Janu-
ary, 1902. The isthmian canal COM
mission advised tho purchase and con-
gress authorized the president to buy
all the property OF the Panama COM
pany. including majority of the stock
OF the Panama Railroad company. and
to obtain from Colombia perpetual
control OF n strip OF land six miles
wide, through which to build the ca
nal. Colombia refused to grant this
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
Getting Fertile Eqos.

An old hen is not so apt to lay good
fertile eggs as one that is a yearling.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
WORKING IN A POULTRY YARD
Overlooking, overcrowdlng and Lack
Of Fresh Ar Cause Much Loss
Sell Surplus Stock.
Cry PROF. A. S. ALEXANDER)

CBy PROF. A. S. ALEXANDER)
BE careful in handling fowls, par
ticularly ducks and geese. Ducks have
very weak joints and it always In
lures them more or less to catch them
by the legs.
Overlooking, overcrowding and lack
of ventilation cause much loss among
amateur poultry keepers. A large per
cent Of the chicks die and those that
survive are runty and undersized.
Forgetting to provide grit causes in
digestion and after a while 1t turns
to cholera
Fall is the best time of year to pur-
chase geese for next years breeding.
Geese do not mate as readily as
other fowls and 1t is therefore advis-
able to procure them several months
before the laying season arrives. II
possible, buy stock that is at least
one year old and mated.
AS a rule one should engage the
stock sometime in the summer. Have
the birds shipped after the weather
gets cold. This gives the birds time
to get accustomed to their surround
ings.
Send all surplus poultry to market
as soon as the fowls are in proper
condition.
Unless one understands the process
OF forcing. It is seldom wise to wait
for prices to go up.
Gull out the backward looking pull
lets. keeping only the best and most
prominent for egg production.
Even in cold weather be vigilant and
use the whitewash pail and brush at
least once week. The mites are busy
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
"California Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and 1t thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, motherl II coated, give
teaspoonful OF this harmless fruit
laxative" and In a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good INSIDE cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for 90
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The fool-killer doesn't exist. II he
did there would be no lawyers.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28

Sheriff Mulconnery recently came
to the Pacific coast to get a prisoner
at McNei's Island penitentiary and
stopped over et San Quentin TO iden-
tlfy Shaumberg, whom he had seen
about East st. Louis.
Hello. Otto" Muiconnery said.
and offered his hand to the convict
MY names not Otto" Shaumberg
replied, and he pulied back his hand.
Il never was back there. and don't
know you" he added.
Back where?" queried Mulconnery.
Back where you come from"
Shaumberg replied. and then wilted
down when Mulconnery accused him
OF the murder.
Shaumberg told his cellmate that
after he had murdered Detective
Arnold he hurried TO the Pacific coast
and permitted himself to be captured
in the act OF committing a burglary
at Santa Cruz, Cal. He pleaded guilty
under the name OF Ray c. Jones and
was sentenced to serve two years In
prison. Shaumberg told his fellow
convict he thought he would be safer
In prison while a search for him was
on than roaming around the country.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
SLAYER HID IN BIG PRISON
Man Wanted for Murder Allowed
Himself to Be Caught In Burglary
to Escape Search.

Sacramento.-A countrywide search.
covering almost three years. for Otto
Shaumberg, the notorious key
burglar" of st. Louis and alleged muir
derer OF Detective James Arnold OF
East St Louis, has ended in a cell at
San Quentin prison. Shaumberg was
identified by William j. Mulconnery.
sheriff OF lie Claire county, Illinois
The police of every city in the United
States have been on the watch for
Shaumberg and $500 reward for his
capture Is authorized by lie Claire
county
Shaumberg was betrayed by his
cellmate at san Quentin, TO whom he
Narrated :. the story OF his criminal
operations in st. Louis and East St.
Louis Sheriff Mulconnery was mott.
fed ard eXtradition papers were
iisRed by Governor Dunn OF Illinois
asa Aled with Governor Johnson two
LoE,ha ago.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28

When Balboas report Of his discovery
reached Spain, II was accompanied
by the recommendation that canal
be Immediately dug across the 18th.
mus. What the explorer had in mind
was sea-ievel canal, for, although
Leonardo da Vinci. the great Italian
palnter-engineer, had recently invent.
ed the hydraulic lock. now generally
used for lifting vessels over eleva.
uons. 1t had not become widely known.
The discovery of gold in California
In lS4S was followed by tremendous
volume of traffic between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts. and for fifteen
years practically all Of this traffic was
by way of the isthmus over the Pan.
anna railroad, opened in 1856 by Amer.
leans under n concession from the re-
public of New Granada, now known as
Colombia. The explorations and sur
veys for the railroad, n work that is
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
ROYAL FLUSH BRINGS DEATH
New Orleans Man Believed Slain by
Man He Beat In Poker
Game.

New Orleans.-With his head and
the upper part OF his body filled with
buckshot, Capt. William Collier was
found dead In his hermit's lodge. He
was seated at a table and clutched
in one hand was royal flush" Op.
posite him was full house." He
had been playing poker and was evil
IDENTIFY assassinated by the loser The
police are seeking his opponent In
the game. believed to be a sugar
planter.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28

Blowing Up Of Gamboa Dixie.
control, but in November, 1903, ten
months later, the state OF Panama de-
clared itself Independent. Within
month treaty had been negotiated
with the new republic by which the
United States was given control OF
strip OF land ten miles wide for the
purpose of canal. The French com
panys property was bought and in
February. 1904, commission for the
construction OF a canal was appointed.
In May OF that year work was begun
where the French company had aban-
doned it. In June, 1905, a board of
consulting engineers was appointed to
consider whether the canal should be
at sea level or with elevating locks.
The canal itself, from deep water to
deep water. is 80 miles long Its gen.
eral direction from the Atlantic en-
trance to the Pacific end is from
northwest to southeast, the northern
terminal being about 221A miles far
ther west than the southern entrance
from the Pacific. The first seven
miles of the canal beginning at the At
lantic end are at sea level. Five miles
OF channel. 500 feet wide, have been
dredged to a depth Of Al feet directly
south through Limon bay, and two
miles OF this sea-level section has
been cut through low-lying land to the
entrance to the Gatun locks, where
the ships are raised, in three steps. to
q height OF S5 feet above sea level.
into the great body of fresh water
called Gatun lake.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28

his new ocean lay directly south. be-
cause of the Sshaped twist of the 18TH
mus. which brings the Pacific entrance
TO the canal not only southwark but
eastward of the Atlantic terminal.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28

said to have cost the life OF man
for every tie, led to much more
accurate knowledge OF the topography
and geology OF the isthmus than had
previously been available. President
Grant in 1869 asked congress 10 take
up the matter of a canal. The only
action was resolution providing for
an exploration by officers OF the navy
and the creation Of commission In
1872 to consider their reports. Then
In May, 1876. the republic OF Colon
bla granted n concession for the con-
struction of canal from Colon to
Panama. the terminals OF the Panama
railroad.
In 1894 new French company was
organized and worl was resumed. In
1899 the United States congress ere
ated the isthmian canal commission
to examine all practicable routes and
to report which was the most prac.
tlcable and feasible for canal under
the control. management and owner
ship of the United States" The COM
mission reported two alternative plans,
one for canal at Panama I'D the
other across Nicaragua. II estimated
the cost OF n Panama canal at $780,
S7S.25S and OF the Nicaragua canal at
S2O0,5i0.000. But because the route
from New York to San Francisco
would be several hundred miles short
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28

Constructed-Windows Are Well Ar.
ranged for Ventilation.
taking the life from the bodies of our
best layers and louse-infested hen
will not lay.
Some people make the mistake Of
selling all the good birds and retaining
the poor ones.
Stop up cracks in walls and doors
and do not allow drafts to blow in on
the roosts. Top ventilation is the
best, for foul air rises and II there
is an outlet it will escape.
The ventilator should be opposit,
the end where the roosts are.
When the snow comes there should
be paths shoveled down TO the ground
for the fowls to walk without getting
into the drifts.
Give warm water twice a day and
empty the water fountains every
night before they freeze.
Potato and turnip peelings boiled
and mixed with the morning feed are
excellent for laying hens.
Sweep up the hayseed and spread
on the floor where the hens take their
sun baths and let them scratch for
the oats, wheat, buckwheat and corn
sprinkled there. II will make them
busy and warm and make the egg
basket heavier, and the old hens will
not grow so far. Regularity is an
essential in the feeding of fowls.
Cold water tastes good in. winter;
just remember that with the chickens,
and note how they will leave the best
food and crowd around the fountain.
Skimmilk has a high value In egg
production. Don't waste a bit.
The chick once stunted never fully
RECEIVERS.
Weed out the culls even II they
must be sold at what may seem to be
a sacrifice, and by thus getting rid OF
all but the best avoid having culls the
next year.
Let the turkeys have some range,
even when fattening, Feed literally
all the grain they will eat three times
day, and they will lose less flesh In
the little exercise than they would
while chatting under confinement.
Never leave broken egg about the
poultry house. Not only will It In.
duce the egg-eating habit, but It 10
breeder OF lice.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28

The fool-killer doesn't exist. II he
did there would be no lawyers.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
Barroom Fork Doomed.

New York.-The doom of the bar
room fork. which stands in glass on
the free lunch counter, has been fore
casted by Health Commissioner Gold.
water, He declares 1t is deadly as a
germ bearer and must 60.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
PrahlbIts eutton-up Back pre.,ss.

Providence, r. IA bill prohibiting
women from wearing dresses that
button up the back has been intro
duced in the Legislature II would
make offenders serve six months at
hard labor In the kitchen.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
Youth With Two stomachs.

Berne, Switzerland.-Doctors, using
the Roentgen rays, discovered that
nineteen-year-old youth possesses two
stomachs. The youth has been suf.
fering from stomach disorders.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-03-28
Court for Mother-ln-Law.

Yonkers, N. Y.-Thomas Murphy
had his mother-inlaw, Mrs Anna Ma.
loney. brought to court for smashing
furniture she had given him for u
wedding present
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-27

Mrs. AL G. Tourney of Virginia
underwent successful operation at
St. Joseph's hospital, st. Paul, last
Friday morning for the relief Of ap-
pendicitis. Mrs. Flourney was visit
ing relatives in St. Paul when taken
i'll and an immediate operation was
necessary. Her many Virginia friends
will be glad to know she is doing nice
ly and will be able to return to her
home in Virginia in short time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-27

Emil Saari, indicted by the grand
jury at the Hibbing term of the dis
trict court, and much-wanted for some
time by Sheriff Meining's office, was
brought back to the city from Butte,
Mont, Monday evening. Saari must
answer to a charge of contributing ia
the delinquency Of a child and will
get trial at the present term Of the
district court in Hibbing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-27

The Dansant club scored fine sue
cess with its first party given at the
Finnish Socialist opera house last Fri
day evening. The ball room was tasti-
" decorated for the occasion and
Laugier's orchestra furnished the
music. There was large at
tendance from Duluth and other range
towns. Among those from Hibbing who
attended were the Messrs. w. L. Tay-
lor; S. S. Blackjack, and G.. II. Hep
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-27

One Of the best motion picture
features which has ever been exhibit
ed in Virginia will be shown at the
Grand theatre next Tuesday evening
in an elaborate production by an all
star cast Of "Quo Vadis. The fea-
ture is shown in eight reels. COM
petent critics who have viewed it de-
clare it is the greatest, motion picture
ever brought to the ranges. It is one
of number Of equally good features
booked for exhibition in the near fu-
ture at the Grand and Royal
theatres. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-27

S. Levant Of Eveleth, an old and
well respected resident Of Eveleth,
died at his home in that city last Fri
day afternoon after. q lingering illness
Of creeping paralysis. The body was
taken to Duluth for burial Sunday.
Mr.. Levant was an uncle Of James
Lavick Of this city and had many
Virginia friends who will regret to
learn of his death. ~. s.s.ss. I.