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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-05-27

Yeas: Mr.. PlerSOn, Mr.. Will
Iiams, Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Knott,
Mr.. Page, Mr.. Parker, Mr.. Taylor.
Mr.. Cockfeld, Mr.. Russell.
Nays: None.
Carried unanimously.
AN ORDINANCE.
Authorizing issuance of Nine
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
$4,000. 00) of serial bonds on behalf
Of Road District Number One ID
on surrender and cancellation of
the outstanding bonds of said Road
District Number One ID issued in
accordance with ordinance of the
Police Jury adopted January 18th,
1914.
Whereas, on March, | 1914, pur-
suant to ordinance of the Police
Jury of January II, 1914, the presi-
dent and secretary of the Police
Jury executed twenty (2O certain
bonds for and in behalf of Road
District Number One ID of this
parish, which bonds were duly au-
thorized at an election held in said
Road District, November 25th,
1918, the result of which was duly
promulgated, which said bonds
were purchased by Douglas & Burt
at par value;
And whereas some question as to
the legality of such bonds has been
raised because their maturities were
not 50 arranged so as to make the
amount of principaland interest fall
ing due each year for the ten (1O)
years covered by said bonds as near
the same amount each year as prac-
ticable;
And whereas, the first maturing
of said bonds, being bond number
One ~ for Five Hundred Dollars
($5OO.00) has been paid and can
celled, and the remaining nineteen
bonds have been deposited by the
owners with the secretary of the
Police Jury, bonds from two (2) to
nine 90 inclusive, by F. H. Drake
and bonds from ten (10) to twenty
(20) inclusive, by Douglas & Burt
and said owners of said bonds have
requested that a new issue of bonds
De authorized and executed and sold
md with the proceeds hereof that |
aid outstanding bonds so surren-
Tered be taken up and cancelled.
Now, therefore, be it ordained
~ the Police Jury of the Parish of
Natchitoches, in legal session con-
1ened:
Sec. i. That the President of
he Police Jury be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to have
and to execute in the
lame of the Parish of Natchitoches
or and in behalf of Road District
One ~ Ninety Five (95)
erial bonds payable to bearer. of
he denomination of One Hundred
Dollars $500. 00) each, to be desig-
lated as Good Road Bonds, Series
A" and numbered from One (1) to
Nintey-fve 1861 inclusive and bear
ng date of March 1st, 1915, all of
aid bonds bearing interest at the
ate of five ~ per cent per annum,
Dayable senii-annually on the first
lay of March and September until
he payment of the principal there
f, as evidenced by interest coupons
thereto both principal
nd interest on said bonds to be
ayable at the Office Of the Treasur-
r of the Parish of Natchitoches, in
he City of Natchitoches, and said
onds 10 be signed by the President
f the Police Jury and attested by
he Secretary of the Police Jury and
aid interest coupons to be printed
nth the facsimile signature of
aid President and said Secretary,
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
nat said bonds shall mature and be
lade payable as follows:
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
VAIN SEARCH FOR
LEAK IN GAS MAIN
IN HEART OF CITY
Workmen Tear Up Pave.
ment Without Results in
Seeking Defective Pipe.

Leaky gas mains in the heart of the
city has caused considerable appre-
hension to the officials of the Bridge
port Gas Co., city authorities and mer-
chants near Main street and Fairfield
avenue where the possibility of expIo-
sion in manholesi or buildings is
feared.
Though a large force of experts has
frantically searched for the leak it
had not been located at a late hour
this afternoon though the wood block
OF Fairfield avenue had been torn up
for considerable stretch.
The leak, discovered early this
morning when cellars and building
were found to be filed with gas, is be-
Heved to be in one of the larger dis
tributing mains between Broad street
and Main. though there is a possibility
that it. is on Main street beneath the
Intersection of the trolley tracks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
SLAWSON HONORED
BY STATE SOCIETY
OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Elected Secretary and
Treasurer of Association
In Annual Meeting.

Samuel j. ls1awson, superintendent
of schools in this city, was elected
secretary and treasurer of the Con-
necticut Association of Public Schools
at the session today that closed the
18th annual meeting of the society,
held in Hartford. superintendent c.
E. Andrews, of the Greenwich public
schools, was elected president. A N.
Potter, superintendent of the Will
mantle schools, was elected vice-pres-
ident.
The session was devoted largely to
exhaustive discussions of the Gary,
Ind, school plan, with the exception
of the short time spent In electing Off
GERS.
The principal speakers were Supt
Beade, New Haven, and Supt. Arvie
Eldred, Troy. N. Y. Both were en-
thus1astie over the possibilities offered
by the Gary plan. They declared that
they could find fault with the plan
only in minor details and that these
could be accounted for as mere differ
ences of opinion with the right very
possibly the side of Gary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
Russian Diversion
Against Bulgaria
Hasn't Materialized

London, Dec. 4--That much-rumor-
ed Russian diversion against the Bull
garians has not materialized but the
fact that no Russian official statement
was issued last night gave rise to
hopes in London that it was being
withheld in order to chronicle. this
new phase of the Balkan campaign.
AT the same time reports have
reached here from Bucharest to the
effect that three Bulgarian divisions
crossed Hungary enroute to the Ital-
ian or western front. which if true,
would seem to indicate that Bulgaria
does not fear Russian invasion. Re
ports of such a shift of forces on the
part of the Bulgarians are as vague,
however, as the report that Austro-
German troops had been rushed from
other quarters eastward to face the
new Russian menace.
: Dispatches from several sources as
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
MUNICIPA AND
PRIVATE CHARITY
WILL COOPERATE
This Purpose Leads to Re
organization Of Private
Enterprise Here.
EX XTENSIVE CHANGE
SOON WILL BE MADE
Myers Will Leave Bridge
port For Higher salaried
Position.

Preparations for a. general recon
struction of the Charity Organization
society has begun and it is under
stood some changes viii be made.
The annual meeting which was
called for December Z, VIII be ad-
journed, and the adjourned meeting
may not be held for a month.
One of the features in the work of
the organization under the new re-
giIpe will be a. closer harmony with
the public charities department. This
will be ordered, at fuzzy meeting
and all employees of the private char
ity will be Instructed to do their ut
most to cooperate with the depart
ment.
At meeting of prominent persons
interested in charitable work this
matter was discussed recently when
they gathered in the home of JON
athan Godfrey, state tuberculosis COM
missioner.
: Among the changes will be that Of
the general secretary. Leet B. Myers,
who has held the position, will go to
another city where he is expected to
receive a, better paying position, with
work in which he is interested and
for which his talents are especially
adapted. He has done some good
work here, according to persons who
are watching the work Of the society,
and. he is expected to continue in an
other field.
Changes in the Office personnel win
be made.
National Secretary Mclean Of the
society, who acts n an advisory ca
aeity for local societies, is here and
studying conditions He has explained
that things are abnormal in Bridge
port. Changes will be made to meet
these conditions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
MODEL TEACHERS
INDIGNANT WHEN
INCREASE>FAILS
Board of Education Has
Made No Provision For
Promised Raise.
RESIGNATION OF
TWO IS RUMORED
Members of Teaching Force
Say They Have Written
Pledges.

Teachers in the model school, which
was established this autumn. are in
dignant and a resignation of two is
not unlikely unless the board Of edu-
cation grants the $50 increases inl sal
aries that were promised the teachers,
who took the jobs there
According to the teachers of the
school, when they accepted the posi-
tions. it was on the representation
that they were to receive increases.
Some of the teachers who had lived
near their homes wouldn't have taken
the positions, they say, except for the
promises, because they would spend
not an inconsiderab1e part of their sal
aries for transportation.
Some say they have the promises in
writing, but they have failed to receive
any checks in which, the increase is
included.
The board Of educationE hasn't ap-
propriated any money for this in
crease, it is said. and that is why it is
held up.
Some of the teachers assert that
the letters promising the increases
are signed by DR.. Charles w. Deane,
former superintendent, and they are
afraid that the fact that he is no
longer connected with the schools has
something to do with the matter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

the advanced age of the prisoner.
This case said Judge Howe, viii
undoubtedly be taken to the court -oe
appeals and to the United States SUI
preme court. If sentence is affirmed
and it is claimed that imprisonment
would be a peril to DR.. Buenz on ac-
count of his advanced age,e the case
VIII be referred to the executive de-
court will be willing to take any ac<
ton that may be desirable in support
of such a move.
The maximum penalty which could
have been imposed on the prisoners
under each Indictment was two years
Imprisonment and q. fine OF $4,000.
Each was indicted on two counts but
Judge IIzsgVes declared Chat he consid-
cred both indictments to cover enc Of
fense.
In spite of the significance attached
to the case through the request for
the recall of Captain Boy-Ed, the Ger
man naval attache whose name was
repeatedly mentioned during the trial
as cooperating with the conspiratorss
only a small crowd was in court.
The trial of DIR. Buenz and his asso-
ciates as the elimination of an in
vestigation begun last winter by fed
era1 agents into the chartering and
sailing of certain vessels from Amer
ican ports in August, September and
December, 1914. It was charged that
these vessels, concealing their pJ1r-
pose by false manifests. and clearance
papers, were engaged in supplying
provisions to the German cruisers
which were raiding British commerce
Sixteen vessels in all were Investigat-
ed. Some of them were captured by
British warships far from the course
on which they ostensiblT sailed. 9th
ers were reported at ports very differ
ent from those for which they cleared.
In one instance at least, that of the
American steamer Berwind, 1t was
proved that the ship transferred sup
plies to two German cruisers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
Serb Force of 400
Defending Monastir
AS City surrendert

London, Dec. 4-AIonastir became
untenable for the Serbs on December
when the BuIgarians occupied
KanaIi, on the railway between the
Macedonian capital and the Greek
frontier, cutting off Serbian retreat to
the south, says the Sa1onilzi CORE
spondent of the Times. Colonel Vas
sitch's army now is retiring eastward
over the only route open.
Much of the credit for the long and
heroic defense Of the town is given TO
Col Boyaditch, who placed himself at
the head of 400 irregulars who gall
lantly held back the advancing Bull
gars whenever it became necessary
for the main Serb forces to retire.
This small band greatly troubled the
Bulgars by its extreme mobility and
knowledge of every inch of the
ground.
The impression was given that the
Serb force was much more numerous
than really was the case but during
incessant days and night fighting the
brave 400 lost SO heavily that by Nov.
80 only 100 remained. BY their stub
born resistance, however, they had
saved the main Serb army
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
MOTHER WRITES
PITIFUL PLEA AS
: SHE QUITS BABE
Anonymous Letter Attached
to Clothing of Founding,
Now City Charge.

God will bless you, Mrs Thompson,
il you will take care of this poor child
who has no father or mother. It is
two-weeks old today and L know yot.
will care for it as If it was your own.
Keep it yourself and may the Lord
forever bless you Amen
This letter, written in Swedish. was
found attached to the clothing Of the
two-weeks old boy, abandoned on the
front steps of the home of Mrs. Johr,
Thorn pson at 204 Fifth street, shortly
after 8 O'Clock last night
Three times in rapid succession the
door bell at the Thompson home rang
shortly after 8:15 last night. A mem
Der of the fanaiIy has been sick for
some time and it was thought that tf1s,
call was from the family physician and
one of the family answered the bell.
Instead of the doctor a baby wrapped
in swaddIing clothes was found in a
basket lon the doorsteps.
The police weres notified of the case.
No clue has been obtained that will
lead to the identity of the mother VIII O
abandoned her child.
The Emergency am bu1ance was
called to the Thompson home and the
baby boy removed to Bridgeport 1os4
the investigation. After one week,
providing no clue has been obtained,
the child will be sent to the Home for
Little Wanderers in Fairfield and will
be recorded as a city charge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

United States District Attorney 81.
snowden Marshall. in moving for SEN
tence, said that it was his painful
duty to ask for substantial punish
ment, not SO much for its effects, on
the defendants but to serve as a warn
ing to others
None of the defendants showed any
emotion when sentence was pronounc-
ed. Prior to the opening Of courtthey
were surrounded by a number of SYM
apathizers, with whom they chatted
Freely. DR.. Buenz told his friends
that his only regreat was that the
American people should believe that
he had done anything to injure them
or had ever had anything but the
lzf9hd1iest Feelings tow 4rds TINS country.
Through Mr.. Rand, the aged di-
rector of the neutrality-suspicious. line
asked Judge Howe to take into con-
sideration that his three co-defendants
were his subordinates and that if any
offense was committed they were
merely acting under his orders.
The nominal fine imposed on the
Hamburg-American Co. was explained
by Judge Howe as due to his wish to
Free the case. as far as possible, from
tsthe odor of money He said there
was no evidence to show that the com
pany had entered into any conspiracy
and that it was probable that DR..
Buenz alone mad any power TO p1nd
it to any Of the proceedings complain
ed of The lighter sentence imposed
on Poeppinghaus was in recognition
of the fact that he occupied a subor-
dinate position and had merely car
ried out the orders of his superiors
without having an active part in the
planning of the conspiracy for, which
they were convicted.
In sentencing DR.. Buenz, Judge.
Howe announced that if the sentence
was confirmed in the higher courts he
would be willing to support any move
to obtain c1emency on the ground of
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
CRANE FIRM is
PLANNING ANNEX
TO MAIN PLANT
Will Transfer Showroom to
Site Now Occupied By
Busy Restaurant.

The Crane Co. is perfecting plans
for an addition to their present show
room facilities in this city. Although
not fully decided upon permanent
plans officials in Chicago now are con-
temp1ating the erection of a modern
annex to occupy the site now occupied
by DeWolff's restaurant at Railroad
avenue and Main street and possibly
to extend over the intervening prop
erty to their present building.
Tenants in the Railroad avenue
Main street corner have been notified
to vacate by Jan. 1. when improve
nnents will, it is believed, begin at
once. 1t is planned to have large
window space for showing many
household fixtures manufa ctared by
the company and the interior will be
fitted for the reception of such buy
ers as come to this city. The close
proximity with the works is said to
be most desirable. Formerly the
company maintained a leased. show
room in the Poll building on Main
street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
Simple Ceremony Before
Only Members of Inmed-
late Households, Will
Mark Nuptia1s = Honey
moon to South Planned.
President Himself Writes
Formal Announcement of
Wedding Details = Gait
Home Too Small For
Large Company.

washington, Dec. PRESIDENT Wi
son and Mrs. Norman Gait will be
married on<Saturday, Dec. Is, at Mrs.
Galt's home here, according to for
NAL announcement made today at the
White House.
It was also announced that the only
guests will be Mrs. GaIt's mother! her
brothers and sisters, the President s
brother and sister, his daughters and
the members Of his immediate house,
hold.
No announcement was made regard
ing plans for a honeymoon but it was
expected that the President and his
bride will leave Washington soon af-
ter the ceremony for somewhere in
the south.
While no announcement was made
Of the hour of the ceremony it was
understood it will be late in the af-
ternoon. The Rev. Sylvester Beach,
the Presidents pastor in Princeton,
and the Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rec
tor of Mrs. Galt's church here, are ex-
pected to off1ciate.
The formal announcement of the
wedding plans was written out by the
President himself this morning. I'M
mediately afterward he left the White
House to visit Mrs. Gait. Both haXe
agreed that all the details shall be as
simple as possible.
It has been intimated to the dip1o-
mats who have made inquiries at the
state department that no display in
connection with the wedding is de-
sired.
Joseph R. Wilson, of Baltimore, the
Presidents brother, Mrs. Anne Howe,
his sister, and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre,
the Presidents daughter, will be
guests at the White House when they
come to attend the wedding. Miss Mar
garet Wilson and Mrs. W. G.. McAdoo,
the other two daughters of the Presi-
dent already are here.
Mrs. Ga1t's home. where the cere-
mony will be performed, is in the
fashionable section OF washington but
Is too small to contain a large party.
Nevertheless, both Mrs. Gait and the
PRESIDENT decided not to have the
wedding in the White House,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
FACE SHIP SFI|PF RE EEtIDf ADff 70 SAIL,
HENRY FORD SAYS MUCH GOOD
WILL COME FROM EXPEDITION


New York, Dec. Members of the
peace expedition organized and hnanc-
ed by Henry Ford for the purpose OF
creating q conference of representa-
tiVes Of neutral nations in the hope
OF ending the war, began to assemble
today at Hoboken ON board the Scan
dfnavian-American steamship Oscar
II One hundred and forty names
are, on the list of Mr.. Ford's guests.
or these 8 are peace ENJOYS, 81 news
papermen and magazine correspon-
dents and three moving picture men.
The ship should arrive at Christiania.
Norway, her first stop, about Dec. Ia.
Thence the party is to proceed to
Stockholm, Copenhagen and The
Hague
OF the governors invited, SO far as
announced. L. B. Hanna, of North Da-
kotay was the only one to accept. viii
liam j. Bryan, who, received an invt-
tation, declined to accompany the par
&y but said he hoped to join them at
The Hague a few weeks later He ex-
planned that he believed he could ac-
complish more in the. interest of peace
at present by remaining in America.
Mr.. Ford and his associates were
busy at their headquarters until the
last minute but when they left for
Hoboken to board the Oscar II it was
stated that all arrangements were
complete
Before sailing, Mr.. Ford iss11ed what
ne called a farewell statement.
II am sailing with the afirn beliefy'
he said, that great good will come of
this mission It will keep alive the
thought that peace is possible as well
as desirable, and long as that is
done hope Of peace exists.
II know little of the details of the
working plan of the peace conference
but do know that every effort will
be made for an honorable and early
peace. We are leaving with the feel
ing that those parts 6f the world now
at peace and at war have heard of the
plan and are In sympathy with the
move and tnat-the best wishes of the
great majority go with u.s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
LONDON ADMITS RETREAT
OF MESOPOTAMlA FORCES.
1000 SERBS CAPTURED.

sert that both the northern and the
southern Serbian armies are safely
established in Albania, while forces OF
Serbs who evidently formed part OF
the defenders of Monastir have reach
ed the French camp at Gievgeh in
Serbian territory near the Turk Gron--
tier not far from Sa1onil1i.
A feeling of optimism over the near
eastern situation seems to be growing
here but outwardIy there is little to
justify it except on the theory that
the Russian onslaught against Bull
garia will quickly crystalize, while
entente diplomatic negotiations in
Greece again seem to be progressing
favorab1y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

The case against Boy-Ed and Won
Papen, although not susceptible OF Ie-
gal proof. consisted OF complaints,
since the beginning of the European
war. which connected them with att
tempts to violate Aqerican neutral
fsr The state department regarded
the complaints as fully justifying the
withdrawal Of the attaches from the
Diplomatic service OF Germany in the
limited States.
The action Of Secretary Lansing
had the fun approval Of President
Wilson and his cabinet The Pres
fdent 4a considered TO have decided to
get rid Of ali foreign oficials whose
activities are considered harmful to
fhe best interests OF the country
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

Washington, 4z-Requests for safe conduct for Cap
Boyd Captain had not reached the state
department today but momentary expected Secretary
the various angles of the
government to for the immediate
respectively naval and military
attaches of German embassy here with secre
tary' Lansings request
Alleged improper the part Of German officers
connection military matters
Secretary nsngs action Request for mmed-
ate withdrawal through Count Won Befnstorff the
German informed that the officers had
United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

This government, It was said today,
robably would ask the entente allies
for safe conduct for the OFFENDING at
taches. They are expected to leave at
once
State department officials were con-
sidering today what action should be
token in the case Of Alexander Won
Nuber, Austro- Hungarian consuI-gen-
eraI at New York, whose name has
been linked with those Of Captain
Roy-Ed and Won Papen in connection
with activities regarded as, objection
able by the United States. The de-
partment, it was said today. is con-
sidering whether any action should be
taken regarding other higher officials
Of foreign embassies here
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

New York, Dec. 4-Dr. Karl Buenz George hotter and
Adolph Hachemeser, of the Line
convicted Of conspiracy defraud the United
men Sentenced today to and onehaf years
the Federal penentiary at Atlanta, Ga
Joseph Poeppinghaus sentenced to year The
Hamburg American line fined dollar
Bail fixed $4,000 in each and accepted
from a surety
Sentence pronounced after Judge Howe had overru
motions William Rand, chief counsel for the Defense
verdict ground that contrary
evidence the In making his motion Mr.
h
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
A. T. & S. Sale Is Not
Completed, Says Sanford

Charles G. Sanford, vice president
Of the American Tube & Stamping Co,
stated to The Farmer today that the
company has not been sold.
Mr. Sanford admitted that brokers
had been negotiating with him The
directors are not ready TO complete a
sale until they are sure, he said that
the stockho1ders interests would be
enhanced.