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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Work of Torpedoes,

Torpedoes cost over $4,000 each; con-
sequently they are not discharged un-
less there is fair chance Of hitting
the object aimed at. So far the YES
sells hit by torpedoes have been sta
tionary or only moving slowly; but it
is probable that as the crews of sub
marines become more expert they will
be able to hit a warship occasionally
when she is moving at high speed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
$4,000 sprinkIlnq Plant.

Sugarland, Tex.-What is said to
be one of the largest contracts for
sprinkler equipment ever placed in the
South was placed this week by the I'M
perial Sugar Company of Sugarland,
Texas. The cost of this installation
will be In excess of $4,000 and will
provide additional fire protection for
nearly 100000 worth of property.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
CUTlCURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Fresh and Clear, Soft and
VeIVety. Try One.

Che Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Thus
these supercreamy emollients promote
and maintain the natural purity and
beauty of the skin, scalp, hair and
hands under conditions which If neg
lected might disfgure them.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston Sold everywhere.-AdV.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Buys Cattle for Indians.

Washington.-Cato Sells, comm1s-
sioner of Indian affairs, has completed
the purchase of $4,000 head of 2-year-
old heifers and 2-year-old bulls of
Hereford stock for use on Indian res
ervations, the total bill Tor which is
about 100000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Arkansas Women Honored

Muskogee, Okla = Arkansas was
awarded the flag of merit of the wom-
ems auxiliary of the Southern Com
mercial Congress Thursday as being
the State in the South that has accom-
plished most toward civic improve
ment in the last year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Satan and the ceruIean Deep

I'm in a Quandary."
What about?"
Il have two invitations to dinner,
and I can't decide"
Which one to accept?"
mo, which one to refuse. One is
to home where young lady has just
come home from piano conserva-
tory, and the other is where a FIVE
year-old boy knows a lot of recita-
tons" Farm Life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Rotation,

Are you going to have a pa
this year,"
NO" replied Mr.. Growcher,
isn't my turn to make a garden
going to keep chickens this year
let my neighbor make the garda,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Rouah Weather DELAYS Rescue

Honolulu,-The work done in an eff.
fore to raise the submarine F-4, now
lying on the ocean bottom outside the
harbor, has been undone by the rough
weather of the last few days.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Enaland commandeers shInninn

London,-The British government,
by an order in council, Friday CON-
Wandered the whole meat-carrying
capacity of all British steamships trad.
ing between Europe and the Argentine
and Uruguayan republics.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Guns Were 20 Miles From nunklrk

London.-The British public has
been greatly impressed by the Ger
man bombardment of Dunkirk Friday,
which it is believed in military circles
must have been from a distance of
from is to 20 miles.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Cold Kills $4,000 Sheen in West,

Portland, ore.-Fifty thousand sor
more head of sheep, worth about $4C0,-
600, are believed to have persisted in a
snow and wind storm in Northeastern
Oregon last week.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
Doubtful Assurances,

do you think they approved of my
Eastern sermon?" asked one Of our
well-known ministers.
Eyes, think So" replied his wife;
they were all nodding."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
The Point of View.

The tOptimist-There's nothing like
hope.
The Pessimist-There certainly isn't
for fooling a person.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14
True Friends.

Hazel-Say, Mary!
MAXWELL, dear?
Hazel-Is my complexion or
straight?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-14

You can't buy a return ticket when
you're going to the bad.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
CRUISER EITEL IS IN PORT
Fails TO Take Advantage Of Storm
Raging Of Coat With War
ships in Distress.

Newport News, Va, April 6.-The
German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich still is in this port. The
commerce raider Is at her pier with
no outward appearance to indicate that
an early departure for sea was con.
templated.
After the failure of the Eitel to take
advantage of the 24-hour period, in
which no enemy merchant ship was
permitted to leave the port Of Norfolk.
Newport News, the United States ma.
val patrol was resumed.
There had been persistent rumors
that Commander Thierichens had
planned to depart. With a storm rag.
ing off the coast and the allied war.
ships on guard reported in distress,
conditions for a dash were regarded
as favorable.
The battleship Alabama. which had
been anchored off Old Point Comfort,
guarding the chanpel to the sea, has
moved farther in and anchored at the
point where the Elizabeth river from
Norfolk and the James river from
Newport News flow into the Roads.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
FOR RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
Mississippi Projects and Amounts TO
be Expended Announced by
Secretary Garrison.

Washington, April 6.-River and
harbor improvement projects to share
in the $50, 900 900 authorized in a lump
sum by Congress for those public
works deemed most advisable in the
interests of commerce and navigation
have been announced by Secretary
Garrison. Congress left to the chief
Of engineers of the war department
the cutting Of the original estimates,
which amounted to $50, 200, 900.
After a months careful considera-
ton the following Mississippi river
projects and amounts to be expended
upon them have been selected: Be-
tween mouths of Ohio and Missouri
rivers, $500 1000; mouth Of Missouri
river to Minneapolis, $1,000, 900; ST.
Paul to Minneapolis, $65, 900; Brainerd
TO Grand Rapids, $4,000; Warroad har-
Dor and river, $4,000; Zippel Bay, Lake
Of the Woods, $1,000; Missouri river
Kansas City to mouth, 81, O00. 900; Kan
sas City to Sioux City, $780, 900; Sioux
City to Fort Benton, $4,000; Usage
river, Mo-, $1,000; G~asconade river,
Mo-, $4,000: Cumberland river, below
Nashville, Tenn, $37S, 900; Tennessee
river, Tenn. Alabama and Kentucky,
above Riverton, 1851 900; French
Broad river, Tenn, 100000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
U. S. SOLDIER KILLED IN RIOT
'hree others Injured in Fight at Colon
Panama Policemen Fire
Many Shots.

Colon. April 5.-Corporal Langdon
OF the United States coast artillery
was shot and killed and three other
American soldiers were injured. one
of them seriously, in a riot here. The
soldiers were engaged in patrol duty
In the tenderloin district. The shoot.
ing, which resulted in a general fight.
was the outgrowth of an argument be-
tween a soldier. who is alleged to
have been drinking and a Panama 20
liceman.
Many shots were fired by the Pan
anna police, the civilians and soldiers
all being unarmed.
Brigadier General Clarence r. Ed.
wards, commander Of the American
forces In the canal zone, who is here
to meet Major General Leonard Wood.
commander of the department of the
east. today, Immediately took Charge
and ordered all soldiers from the
streets.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
Officials Are Encouraged.
WOULD HANG RESPONSIBLE
GERMANS AT END OF WAR

London. April 5.-"Hang Won "Tir-
pitt. and other responsible German Of
ficers at the close of the war" was
the suggestion of the London Daily
Chronicle, in a fresh outburst Of in.
dignation at the torpedoing of three
English fishing vessels, expressly ex.
empted from attack by The Hague
convention Of 1907. The other London
newspapers, though more ~conserva.
tive In their den~unciations, were equal
ly bitter In charging Germany to re-
verting TO barbarous warfare.
I'VE cannot at present prevent the
Germans from committing any afro
city that seems good to them" said
the Chronicle. but We must insist up.
on a day Of reckoning. The German
government says the submarine crews
now in our hands acted upon orders.
II will be interesting 10 know what
was responsible for those orders"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
."SEARCHL|GHT ON
AFFAIRS OF NAVY.
SECRETARY DANIELS CRITICIZED
FOLLOWING RESIGNATION OF
REAR ADMIRAL FISKE.
Is STYLED AN ULTRA-PAcIFIST
Officers Insist Navy Is Built for War
and That II Should Be Con-
stantly Prepared for
Contingencies.

Washington, April 6.-The resigna-
ton of Rear Admiral Fiske as chief
aide Of operations has turned the
searchlight on the naval department,
disclosing strained relations which go
from the head down.
The action of Rear Admiral Fiske
has started a storm of critical comment
in the direction of Secretary of the
Navy J~osephus Daniels, which is likely
to figure in the next presidential cam
paign.
The question is sharply raised as to
Secretary Daniels fitness for the high
place he holds on the one hand, and
on the other comes a blast of criti-
cism as to naval officers who would
undertake to substitute the civil au-
thority of the department for the pro-
fesSional one.
Naval Officers Silent.
Secretary Daniels has made no state
ment relative to the resignation OF
Rear Admiral Ffske and, necessarily,
The lips of the retiring rear admiral are
closed. The same stern policy Of ST.
lence is necessarily enjoined upon
every naval officer in the service, but
their complaints, uttered in private,
come to he surface in this clearing
house for information and gossip.
The complaint is that Secretary DAN
iels falls to see the real purpose OF the
American navy. That he is an ultra
pacifist of the Bryan type, and hat
his chief ambition is to make the
navy an adjunct Of the school system
OF the United States and to Convert
the heather in the navy
The navy officers feel that an ultra
pacifist has no place in the navy il
1t lessons the efficiency of this arm OF
the service.
Keeping Navy Prepared.
They insist the navy is, of neces.
sity, built for war and that it should
be constantly prepared for contingent
c!es of this character. They believe
the naval arm of the service should be
kept in condition, like a trained attn
lete, ready to go into a contest at any
time.
They say that to allow the efficiency
of the navy to decline at any time is
as foolish as to permit ones life in
Surance to lapse. simply because the
owner of the policy happens to be ex-
periencing good health.
That the secretary of the navy and
the retiring rear admiral do not agree
was shown conclusively at the hearing
before the congressional committee in
the last session.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
Guilty Of HIGH Treason.

London, April 5.-A dispatch to the
Morning Post from Berne says that
Municipal Councillor Matejouvusky
and 30 municipal employees of Prague,
Bohemia, have been found guilty OF
high reason and sentenced to terms OF
Imprisonment ranging from three 70
IA years. The men were charged
with circulating news unfavorable to
Austria Hungary. according to the cor
respondent. "A Vienna court martial. y
the correspondent continues. con,
demnec 81 persons to death for high
treason" -
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
To Gust Panama teachers.

Panama, April 5.-President Porras
has signed a decree that will force
practically all of the foreign teafhers
in the schools here out of the service,
including the American teachers and
the director of the National Institute.
The decree conforms with a law
passed by the national assembly which
requires the minister of public instruc.
ton 10 employ only Panama teachers
except under prescribed conditions.
The decree excerpts the foreign teach
ers who can show a diploma from rec
ognized foreign universities.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
Chinese to Resist Japs' Demands,

San Francisco. April Each of the
10000 Chinese in the United States
soon will be saked to pay a $40 tax
for the purpose OF raising a fund to re-
sist Japanese demands upon China, ac-
cording to prominent members OF San
Francisco's Chinese colony. Plans for
the collection of this fund, 1t was said,
we're laid at a meeting OF Chinese lead
ers and heads Of the revolutionars
party held at the headquarters of the
Chinese Six companies. Another meet.
ing to develop these plans will be held
shortly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
OLYMPIA Of for M.xien

Washington, April 3.-The navy de-
partment has ordered the American
cruiser Olympia from Key West to re.
enforce Admiral Caperton's squadron
on the Mexican east coast. Officials
would give no reason for the order,
but it was understood the east coast
SITUATION was far from satisfactory.
With the prospective addition. it was
explained that Admiral Caperton could
concentrate his ships at Vera Cruz,
hold the Des Moines at Progreso and
send the Olympia to Tampico to re-
eDf0rcs the vessels Slready there.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
Pray for Peace in Europe.

Riverside. Cal. April 5.-More than
$4,000 men, M and children climb
ed Mount Roubidoux, the highest peak
in this vicinity, before dawn and at
the foot Of the huge cross suymount-
Ing its crest, knelt in prayer for peace
in Europe.
The service began just as the sun
rose over the SUBMITS OF the San Ber-
nardino mountain range. and a chorus
numbering hundreds. led by singers Of
national repute, chanted Easter an
thems.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
ROOSEVELT HAS GONE BACK
STIR CREATED IN NATIONAL
POLITICAL CIRCLES.
Colonel Will Be Powerful Factor in
Siate-making Next Year-To
Support Republican.

Washington, April 6.-The stir ere.
8ted in national political circles last
week by the report hat Theodore
Republican party and was prepared
to support the Republican presidential
nominee, was accentuated by his let,
ter to Senator Walsh of Montana,
which clearly demonstrated that the
colonel has come back" with his tai
ent for controversial literature.
The m that the colonel was pre-.
pared to support the Republican nomi.
nee, whoever he might be, barring the
possibility of the nomination of former
President Taft, has been current here
for some time. 1t has assumed various
forms.
One of these stories was to the effect
that the colonel had said: 1T would
be humiliating for me to get into bed
with Boies Penrose, but | could do it
If / had to-"
A Powerful Factor.
This story has not been ~authenticat-
ed, nor have the various other rumors
concerning the attitude of the former
president, but the fact that these
stories are being circulated is in itself
significant. 1t must be acknowledged
he will be a powerful factor in the
slate-maklng of the next year and that
he will have to be reckoned with N
the election.
SO Will former President Taft, whose
genial and philosophical attitude to-
wards his WI defeat has made him
more generally liked than he was ever
admired.
But r>ore important than the rumor
that the colonel would come back
into the Republican fold was the ex-
%perience which Senator Walsh had
with the Oyster Bay statesman. That
experience demonstrated not that the
colonel would come back" but that
he had come back"
The manner OF his coming back"
was enough to indicate that he had
lost none of his talent for controversial
literature and undoubtedly held the
Montana senator" for quite a while.
Neither did it have a tendency to lull
the present administration into the
hattering assumption that he Repuh-
ilcan split would be helped by a con
tinued policy of silence on the part of
the colonel.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
TURKISH CRUISER MEDJlDiEH
STRIKES MINE AND GOES DOWN

London. April 6.-The sinking of
the Turkish armored cruiser Medji-
dieh is reported from Petrograd to
Reuters Telegram company. A semi.
Official communication from Sebasto-
pol to Petrograd says that the Medji-
dieh struck a mine near the Russian
coast and ven down.
The Medjidieh was a member of the
Turkish Black Sea fleet which has at
tackled Russian ports on several occa.
aions and sunk Russian vessels.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
Barge Crews Lost In Storm.

Lewes, Delaware. April 5.-The
coast storm claimed ten victims in the
vicinity of the Delaware capes.
They were the crews of the C~onsoli.
dation Coal company's barges numbers
6 and 3, bound from Baltimore for
Boston with coal and were drowned
when their crafts foundered near Cape
Henlopen and went to pieces in the
gale.
The barges, which were in tow Of
the tug Cumberland, broke adrift early
in the day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

The New York physical director
who declares that business men are
played put at rr.ty because they neg.
lect physical exercise Is merely re-
viving In new words the adage that
"AlI work and no play makes Jack q
dull boy"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
Strawberry crop pestroved.

Washington, April 5.-An a~gricultur-
al department bulletin tells Of the de-
%struction OF three-fourths of the Louisi-
ana strawberry crop by frost, March
81, adding that a new crop was being
set, but heavy shipments would be
delayed j fortnight.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
ENGLAND to Stop Messanes

Washington. April 5.-Great Brit
aims intention of stopping all mes.
sages sent over cables under British
control relating to trade in contra
band or on~-contraband Ito which a
resident in an enemy country is one
of the parties" has been communicat.
ed to the United States government
through Ambassador Page at London.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
Airmen Shell German Towns.

London, April 5.-An Amsterdam
dispatch to Reuters Telegram com.
pany says a message from Berlin
states that a hostile air craft appear.
ed above Mullheim. Baden, and drop.
ped a bomb, which caused consider.
able material dan age.
Another aviator dropped three
bombs on Nuremberg. also in Baden,
but the damage done was slight.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

In so many Of Its aspects Is life
SO ugly today. that an item of beauty.
telling OF the planting In Oregon In
one day Of Sc miles of roses, ought
to be generally welcomed with en-
thusiastic relief.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08
WOMAN'S MEETING
APPROACHES RIOT
POLITICAL GATHERING IN CHI.
CAGo BROUGHT TO END
BY POLICE.
CRIES OF "GET A MAN" HEARD
date for Alderman, is Unable to
Speak Because of Uproar-
Enemies are Present.

Chicago, April 5.-A demonstration
approaching a riot in it's uproar and
disorder marked a woman's political
meeting here and was brought to an
end only when managers OF the the
alter dropped the steel curtain and
some spectator sem in a riot call for
the police.
The meeting was called by Miss
Marion Drake. who a year ago was the
Progressive candidate for alderman Of
the First ward and was decisively
beaten by John Oath House, Cough
lin.
Declares for Socialist.
Miss Drake had organized the Cant
Stand For Thompson Club" and until
she declared herself for Seymour
Stedman, the Socialist candidate, was
believed to have favored Robert
Sweitzer, the Democratic candidate,
as against William Hale Thompson,
the Republican candidate.
As a Sweitzer supporter, Miss
Drake would have been aligned with
Coughlin and his colleague. Michael
(Hinky Dink) Kenna. and other poll
ticians whom she had attacked IN her
campaign a year ago.
Enemies Attend Meeting.
Woman supporters of Thompson in
timated Miss Drake had formed such
an alliance, and the meeting, either
by chance or design, was well filed
with those antagonistic to Miss Drake.
Among the Thompson supporters pres
ent were Mrs. Dora Earle. Mrs. Susan
L.. jerks, Mrs. Marke A. Rolfe, Mrs. e.
w. Applegate. Mrs. Gertrude Presuell,
Mrs. Helena Goldsmith, Mrs. Louis Os-
borne, and others well known in suf-
frage affairs here.
Stedman and John Fl. Hill, the Pro-
hibition candidate. had made speeches
OF a few minutes each, when Miss
Drake rose to introduce Sweitzar. She
gan.
Cry Get the Hook.
Where's Thompson? Get a man.
We want to hear the men," we're the
calls as men and women through the
theateT rose to their feet, and these
were followed by less polite exclama-
lions, including a prolonged request
for some one to get the hook"
Miss Drake continued the introduc-
ton in pantomime, but Sweitzer's
voice did not permit him to speak, and
the uproar continued. Hill, the Pro-
hibitionist, then tried it again.
II want to tell you the real issue"
he said, and was howled down.
The curtain dropped as a score of
volunteer speakers began haranguing
for their particular candidate from a
score of locations in the big hall.
When the police came the theater was
cleared.
The Thompson supporters asserted
after the meeting they had no hand
in creating the trouble. They had
come to the meeting c~ourteously to in
quire they said, why Miss Drake had
not invited the Republican, as well as
the other candidates, TO speak.
1--WE knew what was coming" Miss
Drake said. I'VE were warned"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

A legislature finds II easy to stop
smoking when a lady member objects
to tobacco, The real question will
come when a lady is elected who in.
sists on smoking whether the other
ladies like 1t or not.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

The college man does o use any
more profanity than the man who has
never gone to college," says a North.
western university instructor. Ap-
~parently. the college mans course is
not doing him much harm. anyway.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

"Paradich!orobenzene" Is a new IN.
secticide recommended by the agricul-
tural department. Careless young In.
sects read the label and then die Of
lockjaw trying to pronounce 1t.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

To dine In a hot, smoke-flled room
and do a little ragtime dancing be-
tween courses is a privilege so dear 10
some people that they have gone to
court to preserve II.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

Patent food experts claim that
there is nutrition in straw. Having
taken the oats and bran out Of the
horses manger 1t Is now proposed to
deprive him Of his bed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

AS predictions of the duration OF the
war have run their limit, the prophets
are now turning their attention to tell
Ing what is going to happen to the
world when one or the other side wins.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

II is stated that there are 100 good
poets in this country. The person max
Ing the statement is too c~onsiderate
OF other peoples feelings and exag-
gerates accordingly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

A Chinaman won the Ten Eyck
prize In o~ratory at Yale. Bright
as we think WI are. where is there an
American who could beat the Chinese
In their own language?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

An authority on masculine beauty
says the perfect man must not meas
pre more than "a inches around the
waist. The size Of his head is also
important.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-04-08

Austria is to grow c~abbages In the
royal gardens. Nor will royalty have
the satisfaction of being able to o
ceal them with a fascinating French
name.