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Evening star., 1915-03-28
FIRST CHOICES WIN.
Favorites Capture Four Out of Five
Races at Havana Track.

HAVANA, March 27.-Four of the six
races at Oriental Park this afternoon
went to first choices and as a result the
sport was decidedly entertaining to the
large crowd that was on hand. The
track is still deep and slow and. In fact.
there is little chance for its being fast for
some time to come. The public choices
to score were Our Rem. who outgamed
Front .er. in the first race; Elsewhere.
who took the second; Tiger Jim. winner
OF the fourth, and VOLTS Baths. who
scored in the fifth.
Already a number of the stables have
sh :ppeu back to the United States to be
ready for the racing that Is to begin at
Bowie April l, but most Of the sports
men will remain until after the Johnson
Willard fight, which is scheduled for
Easter Monday. April s. The change
to this date, from Easter Sunday was
made only yesterday Summaries:
First race, i've furlongs: purse. $500; three
year-olds and upward; maidens; selling-Our
Rem 1T GIanover,, II to 5. TO 8 and 2 to 5:
to 5, second; Laurel Park los (Taplin). l: to l..
5 to l and 5 to 2, third. Time, 1.l5. Dr. Cam.
Lady May. Haberdash Kieper and Spitdre also
ran.
$500: three-year- r-olds and upward; selling-Else-
where 100 (Gartner). to d % and eats
ron; inca. ITO (obert). to J. 10 and . y
Evening star., 1915-03-28
HOPPE AGAIN VICTOR.
Defeats Mayer, Amateur Champion
by Wide Margin.

PHILADELPHIA. March z7.-Willis
Hoppe, the professional champion, to-
night won the handicap 1872 billiard
match from Joseph Mayer, the anna
teur champion, the former scoring 1000
points in the five blocks played to
Mayors 1884. The stipulation Of the
match was that Hoppe was to score
1000 before Mayer put together $500
In order to win.
Evening star., 1915-03-28

athletic organizations of Washington.
He ran third on the half-mile and the
letic Club, and there were few races
in which he did not figure prominently.
Davis also did some good work sew
eral times in the dashes.
Jim Tormey, captain of the George
town University base ball team. broke
into the game regularly yesterday for
the first time this season. and to say
that his work was good is putting 1t
very conservatively. Tormey came
through with twelve put-outs in play
ing his position at first base and got
three clean hits out of five times at
bat. He has been kept out of the pre-
vious contests because OF case or
blood poisoning in his arm.
It also Is well to note that the first
game in which Weems took part regu-
larly. he whaled the ball for two
bagger and two singles out Of five
men seems to have inspired the Blue
and Gray players with new life. as
they won by a big margin from Georgia
Tech, which defeated them easily
Friday.
The Naval Academy must have one
of the best ball teams i'll its history,
judging by the results of its first two
contests. The Sailors won from West
Virginia Wesleyan University last
Wednesday in their opening contest
by a score of 13 to 0. and yesterday
they defeated the University of Penn
sylvania by to 0. The Midshipmen
appear to have, a strong pitching stan
and a very capable team generally. or
else the results of their opening battles
are very much misleading.
Vinson. who does the most OF the
pitching for the Navy, is perhaps the
most capable In that respect the insti-
tuition has had in years. He entered
the academy in the fall of 1912, and in
the spring of 1918 started as a plebe
to do some mighty good work. Last
year he proved quite a star, and this
season is pretty sure to perform even
more effectively.
It would indeed be quite an achieve
ment for Bryan Morse, coach of the
athletic teams at Western High. if he
could turn out a championship base
bali team this spring. Morse developed
q basket ball quint which cleaned up
for the other scholastic combinations
in the most approved manner. and he
seems to have the maktngs Of good
nine. It would truly be something un-
usual for Western, and highly gratify-
ing considering the adverse circum-
stances under which the school is now
being run, If two of it's athletic squads
could come through with champion
ships the same year
There is one high school champion
ship which as good az belongs to Cen
trail right now, which IL that to be
Evening star., 1915-03-28

-Batted for Schimpf In ninth inning.
Pennsylvania O. o o o o o o 90
Navy .........-.... o o O "a
Stolen bases-Irwfn Mann, T. Fisher. Cal
houn t2l. Triple play-Mann Wallace and
Moore Left on bases-Pennsy lvania 8: Nayy
s. First base on balls-On Biodgett 8; ofi
MeFal. 2: OF spielman. 2. va
Evening star., 1915-03-28
The Official Scores.
SINGLE TARGETS.

Shortstop Red" Corriden has signed
n one-year contract with the Cubs. thus
|quieting reports that he would go to
the Indianapolis American Association
team.
Evening star., 1915-03-28

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1915-03-28

There is one high school champion
ship which as good as belongs to Gen.
trail right now, which IL that to be
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
Silver Wedding Anniversary.

Captain and Mrs. NJ. F. Bradford,
who were united in marriage on the
5th of November, twenty-five years
%, in Donaldsonville, celebrated
cir silver wedding anniversary on
Monday in an informal way at their
lovely home in st. Mary street, and
during the evening their children and
grandchildren and a few intimate
friends, most of them bearing APP
propriate gifts, called to offer the cap
tain and his estin1able lady congratu-
lations and earnest wishes for many
more years of happiness. Captain
Bradford, who is president Of the
Bradford Transportation Company
began his river career about thirty
years ago in a small way, but by strict
attention to business and with facul.
| ty Of knowing how to treat every.
body just right, prospered from the
start, and is now recognized as one
| of the most successful steamboatmer
in this section. Daily States, Nov
II
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
NUMBER Is.
at PAYS TO ADVERTISE. !,
Big Corporation Launches Extensive
Publicity Campaign.

Il
The newspapers of Louisiana
which are concerned IN persuadine
their constituents that st paws ta aa
vertise' will look with interest some
envy and much satisfaction upon the
pleasant fate Of the New Orleans
papers which, Just now, are expert
anelag the financial benefits OF big
advertising campaign by one of the
great public service corporations Of
the state. The New Orleans Railway
and Light Company has agreed to
the electric rates proposal of the
commission council, whereby the con-
sumer IS the beneficiary Of d reduc
tlon OF some 25 per cent. The COM
pany mas determined to eXpend d con-
siderable sum Of money In d cam
palgn to Increase business to make
up for the rate reduction. and Mt
the same time has entered upon i
policy of talking frankly to the pub
nc through the advertising columns
Of the newspapers, which policy ha::
READY had q salutary effect.
resident D. p. Curean is one of
hs best tl5ed men in New Orleans
mi mas q reputation for fail. dealing
common sense and business ability
Wf!eh the press and the people OF
New Orleans predict will exert q
Tefy wide Influence in sthe attitude
OF the pubic toward . corporation
which, by reason OF past reticense,
mas been much misunderstood.
The New Orleans newspapers are
feaplng not only direct benefits from
the large advertising space used BY
The railway companys but the aggtess-
i've example has stimulated ether AL
vertlsers and numerous non-aslxer-
hsers into an advertising activity
which promises well, not merely FOR
the local press, but the state press an
well. The newspapers are able TO
point to the largest tax paying, cor
poration in Louisiana expen6ing
thousands of dollars in advertising as
an instance OF what big business men
think Of buying newspaper space to
bring results.
The railway company spends near
~ seven million dollars a year in
taxes, street paving, wages, purchases
Of supplies and material, the greater
proportion Of which is circulated in
New Orleans, and the merchants Of
The city, therefore, are interested in
seeing that the rate redsstion is more
than eaualled by an increase in reve-
nue. The railway company believes
newspaper advertising will be the big
lever to influence this result, and is
living up to it's belief.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
Fake News Vendors in Trouble.

The business men of New Orleans,
through the Association Of Com
merce, are going to make it uncom-
Portable for the dispenser of fake
news regarding the city Following
the big storm of Sept. 90, wild and
exaggerated stories were published
in the northern press, some of them
asserting that New Orleans was
wiped off the face of the earth
The fake special story writer's then
got busy and made capital out of
their city's misfortune. While New
Orleans did suffer a staggering blow
it was but momentary, as no fun
damental damage resulted. SO few.
lives were lost in the city proper,
fonly 12), that this passed unnoticed
except by the northern press, which
counted the dead in thousands
While yet dripping with the on
slaught of the hurricane, leading
citizens met on the morning after
the night of the storm, organized a
relief committee, and in a few hours
S25, 600 was subscribed, every dollar
of which went to relieve distress and
hunger in the parishes outside Of
New Orleans or in the marshes on
the borders of Orleans parish. Tons
of food, clothing, medicines and ma
terial were rushed to the needed
points, the good people of New Or.
leans taking care of their destitute
lneighbors before looking after them
selves.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
DOWNWARD COURSE.
Fast Being Realized by Donaldson
vile People.

A little backaehe at first
Daily q i.aersasing g tbs haskis
Urinary disorders may quickly fol
low.
Dropsy and often Bright's disease.
This frequently is the downward
course of kidney ills.
Don't take this course. Donaldson
vile residents should profit by the fol
lowing experience.
G. Simoneaux, Barton, La, says:
q had gradually run down from kid
ney disease until finally was given
up to die. Ny limbs Wasg;e swollen to
twice their natural size and was
bloated all over Doctors were afraid
that dropsy would reach my heart,
but couldn't help me. My back pain
ed me greatly and the kidney secre-
5ions We're scanty in passage and un-
natural. After had taken five boxes
Of Doan's Kidney Pills, / was well.
My limbs returned to their natural
size. and kidney secretions cleared up.
Since then, | haven't suffered in the
least
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney PilIs-the same that
Mr.. Simoneaux had. Foster-Milburn
Co. Props. Buffalo. n. Y. (Adv.)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
RICE IRRIGATION.
Underground Waters of Southern
Louisiana Prove Valuable.

A very interesting phase of the
study of the underground waters Of
southern Louisiana is their utiliza-
ton in the cultivation of rice by lr-
rigation. In 1888 lowlands near the
bayous suitable for growing sugar
cane, corn and cotton could be pur-
chased for $3.50 an acre, and the
prairie lands back from the bayous
could be bought for ST an acre. With
almost the first crop under irrigation,
however, the values showed marked
rise and have continued to increase.
In the first five years the value of the
best rice lands rose to $40 an acre,
and soon after that it rose to $50 and
even $50 an acre.
The first people to plant rice in
southern Louisiana, according to the
United States Geological Survey,
were the Acadians, who, after their
expulsion from Nova Scotia by the
English in 1755, settled in consider
able numbers in Louisiana. Their
cultivation of rice, almost absolutely
primitive in its methods, was con-
fined to the lowlands along the ba-
yous, the prairies affording pasturage
for the Acadians' herds of cattle.
Few of the lowland areas admitted of
satisfactory drainage, and they were
too small for profitable cultivation.
The crops frequently failed in years
of deficient rainfall. Attempts were
made to create. additional water sup
plies by building levees across low
says or coulees at points higher than
the cultivated areas, but generally
either the rainfall proved deficient
or the reservoirs were too small.
Little advance was made over the
Acadian methods until very recently.
Experiments in unusually wet years
had shown that the soils of the prai-
ries We're adapted to the growth of
rice if sufficient water was at hand.
This led to the trial of pumps as a
means of raising water from the ba-
yous to the rice fields. So successful
was the test that pumps were at once
installed at many points, and in few
years tens of thousands of acres of
previously almost useless land, lying
10 to 70 feet above the bayous, were
put under cultivation.
The first large pump was installed
in 1894 on Bayou Plaquemine, in
Acadia parish. near Crowley. AL
though its failure at critical time
involved the partial loss of the crop,
it showed that rice could be cultivat-
ed by pumping, which has been grad
ually adopted on larger and larger
scales until now in the larger plants
batteries of pumps operated by COM
pound Corliss engines are in common
use
A copy of Water-Supply Paper 101,
Underground Waters of Southern
louisiana" may be obtained free on
application to the director, United
States Geological Survey, Washing
ton, D. c.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
How to Prevent Group.

It may be surprise to you to
learn that in many cases Group can
be prevented Mrs. II. NJ. Johns,
Elida, Ohio, relates her experience as
follows: Ny little boy is subject to
Group During the past winter | kept
A bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough
eq ueqA pue Fssnoq 9q4 Ut fpeuIeH
began having that croupy cough
would give him one or two doses OF
it and it would break the attack.
like it better for children than any
other cough medicine because chill
dren take it willingly, and it is safe
and reliable" Obtainable every
where. (Ady.)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
VOLUME XIV.
TICK ERADICATION.
Western Division of Parish Almost
Entirely Freed of Pest.

Dr.. William Poseiner, who has
been supervising the tick eradication
work il the parishes Of Ascension
Iberyille, st. James and Assumption
az the representative of the United
%tstes Bureau of Entomology, has
been transferred to Denver, Colo,
M, left for his new field of duty last
SATURDAY afternoon. The dipping
c. neaign has practically been com
Dleted for this season, although 1t Is
stated that no i'll effects will follow
the dipping of cattle during the winter
months, and the process may be con-
tinued wherever the stock owners
are so inclined.
As Il result of the systematic cam
paign carried on during the past SUM
mer, the territory on the west bank
of the river in Ascension parish,
comprising the first, second, third and
fourth wards, has been almost en-
tireEy freed of the destructive cattle
tick. The only community where the
pest is present in any numbers is the
Brusly Mccall neighborhood, in the
inferior of the second ward, where
conditions affecting the campaign
were decidedly unfaVorable through
out the season.
Beginning early next spring, the
work will again be prosecuted vlgor-
ously and Systematically, under the
direction Of the federal government,
and with the cooperation of all stock
owners only a comparatively snort
time will be required to completely
exterminate the tick, whereupon an
order will be issued officially releas-
inp the territory from quarantine.
The eastern division of the parish will
also share the same happy fate next
season. in all probability, since it is
expected to press the dipping cam
naion there under the same efficient
regulations and supervision which
achieved such satisfactory results on
the west side during the season just
terminated.
The state, federal and parochial
authorities are entirely pleased with
the progress recorded this season and
with the commendable spirit OF IN
terest and cooperation displayed by
the owners of cattle.
There are now seventeen dipping
watts in Ascension parish, OF which
nine were constructed by the police
Jury. Eight were built by individual
owners, but are available for public
use. The ats are located as follows:
Owned by parish-Donaldsonvllle,
C. H. Landry's Riverside plantation,
Brusly Mccall, G. B. Reuss' Ger
mania plantation, Miller place three
miles north of Gonzales, St. Amant,
Dutchtown, Gonzales, and Darrow.
Privately owned, but rendered for
public use-St. Elmo; Picard & Gels
mar, at Geismar; Oak Grove, Agri-
cultural High School, Hope Villa;
Galvez; Picard & Geismar, three
miles ssouth. of Gonzales; Colonial
Sugars Co., Geismar; Lemann Co.,
ltd, Crescent plantation; Evan j.
Mccall, Evan Hall plantation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
A party of masked men broke in

A party of masked men broke in
to the jail at Columbia, Miss, the
night of Oct. 81, and took out and
hanged Jack Hughes, young man
from Washington parish. La, charg-
ed with the killing of Larne Hollo-
way, well-knoWn young citizen of
Columbia. Hughes is said to have
shot Holloway while the latter was
engaged in a fight with another man.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
Beware of Cheap Substitutes.

In these days of keen competition
it is important that the public should
see that they get Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and not take substs
tutes sold for the sake of extra profit.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
stood the test and been approved for
more than forty years. 0btainable
everywhere. (Adv)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
Chamberlain's Tablets.

This is a medicine intended especial
lysfor stomach troubles, biliousness
and constipation. It is meeting with
mucn success and rapidly gaining
favor and popularity Obtainaole
everywhere. iAdv.t
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20

William Scott, a white man en-
ployed in the Grayling lumber mill
at Monroe, was accidentally killed
I'by a log that rolled over him, break
ing nea8 every bone in his body.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
You Ask Us, |Can You Afford to Sell Mer
chandise at These Prices ?"

Our answer is 1--WE Cannot This sale was de-
veoped by the United Drug Co. as an advertising
plan Rather than spend large sums OF money in
other ways to convince you Of the merit of these
goods they spending it this sale in permitting
to sell you full size package of high standard
merchandise for 1c. 1t costs money to get new
customers and the loss taken this sale will be well
spent if the goods please you.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
a Pertinent Suggestion.

Says the Oberlin News: Mr..
Peasants Shreveport address covers
nine and a half pages of a six-by-nine
pamphlet. Four and a half of these
pages, or nearly half of the address,
are devoted TO an effort to prove
that Mr.. Barret and Ex-Governor
Blanchard have not always been Pros
|hibitionists, fact no one. has ever
denied. Mr.. Barret no more claims
to have always been a Prohibitionist
than Mr. Parker does to have always
been a Bull Moose. If law could
be passed disfranchising every Ameri-
can citizen who is now, but has not
always been Prohibitionist, there
would not be voters enough left in
ISome Of the states to hold an election.
But just what all this has Ito do with
! the fitness of Mr.. Pleasant for the Of
Ifice. of governor does not appear
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20

The home merchants are prepared
to supply your needs. Buy from
them, and BY keeping your naeney at
home help build up YOU pWn COM
munity.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20

Do your Christmas shopping early,
pay your poll tax, join the boosters
and read The Chief.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
China Votes for Monarchy.

At the recent election held IN
China to decide whether the govern
ment of the country should revert
from republic to monarchy, nj
teen Of the eighteen provinces are re-
ported to have favored the change.
The Chinese authorities courteously
declined to accept the suggestion OF
.Iapan. England and Russia that the
election be deferred until the end of
the European war, but it has been
decided not to put the change OF
government into effect until next
year.
1t is to eyerybody's interest to pa
tronize home industries. NO com
,munity can succeed where this policy
is not carried out. Keep your money
ut home by buying at home.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20

Swat the fly, buy at home, be a
booster, and read The Chief.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20

We buy at home. How about
you9
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20


j. NJ. Camp, manager of the Doyle
Lumber Company near Shiloh, Tan
gipahoa parish, was shot and killed
by Luther Graves, bookkeeper at the
mill, last Monday morning There
were no witnesses to the difficulty.
but Graves claims to have acted in
self-defense He has been released
on bond of $4,000.
Porter Charlton, the American who
killed his wife at Como, Italy, in
1910, was tried and convicted last
month, and condemned to six years
and eight months Imprisonment. Ow-
/ ing to amnesty Charlton will serve
only 20 days in prison, and,said
that after his release he would re
turn to the United States
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20

# you buy out of town, and we
buy out of town, and all our neigh
bors tng out of town, what in thnn-
der wm become of our town?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20

An ad in The Chief viii kis.y.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-11-20
You Ask Us, "What Is 0ne-Cent Sale -

1t Is sale where you buy item a6 the regular
prcethen another item of the same kind for cent.
AS an illustration: The standard price of Rexall
Tooth Paste is 25c You buy tube at this price and
by paying 1c 26c you get two tubes. Every
article in this sale is high class standard piece of
merchandise just the sell you every day
at regular prices, and have sold you for years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-14
MUSIC STUDY CLUB PRESENTS MILE. DUFAU IN CONCERT

The first concert and open meeting or the Music Study club will take place Thursday evening at S:15 o'clock in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel when Mile. Jenny Dufau will be the excel lent attraction and this is to be the first big musical affair of the present social season affording music lovers of Birmingham rare treat
 Forced to take refuge in a cellar, where she and the members of her fathers family lived for three weeks, with potatoes and stale bread as their only food hiding wounded soldiers, whose presence she succeeded in keep ing secret from the enemies troops during the entire period; lodging shrapnel and rifle bullets to rescue those who fell during the first days of fighting, and to take the messages of those who were dying, or to take from them a crucifix, or memento to be sent home to loved ones. and finally being lined up, with all the members of her family to be shot as spies-these are some of the thrilling experiences of Jenny Dufau. the well known French rrima donna of the Chicago Opera conipany, whose story would furnish ample material for a modern war drama. The Dufau estates are located upon the outskirts of the villages of Saulxures. in A1sace-only 45 minutes walk from the French border on the south, and three hours ride by rail from Strass- burg. The chateau is perched high amidst the cliffs of the Vosges noun