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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Initials Are Local.

Washington. Use of initials In
business affairs, even in bankruptcy
proceedings, instead of full names
was approved by the United States
Supreme Court, which reversed a de-
cision Of the Indiana Supreme Court
that it was not satisfactory COM
pliance with the bankruptcy law fer
George F. Kreitlin of Indianapolis to
register as one of his creditors "C.
Ferger," rather than Charles Ferger."
The court also held it was not nee
essary for a bankrupt to give street
addresses of creditors, even in large
cities.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
"a Threatens to Break.

Honolulu. - After being raised FROM
a depth of more than 300 feet to with
in "a feet Of the surface, salvaging of
the wrecked submarine F.4 had to be
suspended because of large hole in
the shell and danger Of breaking the
hulk in two. A new method Of lift
ing will be tried and delay of a
month is expected.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Many Jews Homeless.

Lods.-Warsaw newspapers smur-
gled through the lines say the nun.
Der of homeless Jews on the Russia
side is increasing steadily. At cor
ference in Moscow recently Of the
Jewish Aid Society it was. estimated
that the number of homeless persona
is about 100000.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Hold Brief Sees;on

London - Both houses of Parlia-
ment held brief sessions. The lords
passed through its remaining stages
the bill making unnecessary the re-
election of ministers promoted in the
new cabinet, and the royal assent to
the measure was received.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Fortune Held in Trust,

New York.-The bulk Of the estete
of Alfred G. Vanderbilt. who perished
on the Lusitaia, estimated at more
than s50.000,000, is left in trust under
his will to his infant sons by his sec
ond wife, Margaret Emer ,on Wander
bilt They are Alfred G., Jr.. and
George.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Would Relieve Famine.

Washington. An embargo against
exports of arms to Mexico and against
imports of foodstuffs to the Unitel
States as a step in relieving famine
conditions below the Rio Grande was
proposed to President Wilson by Miss
Mabel Boardman of the executive
committee of the American Red
Cross.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
examinations to be held in New Or
leans and other large cities on the
dats stated. Blank applications and
necessary information may be had
from the Commission at Washington
ID. c., or from the Secretary Tenth
Civil Serice District, Room $50, Gus.
tomhouse, this city.
Assistant Assayer (Male), Mint, ST..
500. June %.
Cook male and FemsIe), Indian
Service, $400-$600, June -.
Expert Passenger-Rate Clerk, Male
Quartermaster Corps, $l,:D0, June %.
Junior Railway Civil Engineer,
Male, Interstate CommerC. Commits
sion, Grade 1, $1,2O0-$1, $50. Grade 2,
$780, ,0S0, June %.
Senior Animal Husbandman-Ani
NAL Breeding, Male. Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry, s2.OOO-s2, 500. June Is.
Statistical Agent, Male, Bureau OF
Fisheries, $1,000, June 23.
Engineer. Plumber, and Blacksmith
Male, Indian Service, 1920, June %.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12

Washington. = The Supreme Court
was petitioned to review the convic.
ton of the California federal courts
of F. Drew Caminetti. son ora. sCami.
netti, commissioner general Of immi.
grafton, on charge Of violating the
white slave law.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Must Pay Assessments.

Washington. - All the 10000 GER
tificate holders in the former safety
fund department of the Hartford Life
Insurance Company, conducted On
the mutual assessment plan," were
held by the United States Supreme
Court to have been bound by the de-
cision OF the Connecticut courts iu
1910 that the company after closing
its list OF members could continue to
collect assessments to meet liabilities.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
For Care of War Rahie.

Philadelphia. - Funds will be rails
ed to send SO or more women physi
clans to Europe to aid in the care of
war babies and their mothers in the
war zone, according to plans of the
alum1ae of the Women's Medical Col.
lege.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Require Another Billion.

Paris. Alexander F. Ribot, the
French minister of finance, introduced
a bill in the Chamber of Deputies pro-
viding for the appropriation of 5,6Oo-
100000 francs ($1,120,000.00) provi-
sionally for the requirements in .he
third quarter of the present year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Exnlnsinn Rocks Seattle.

Seattle-Fifteen tons of dynamite
stored on scow in the harbor for
Russia exploded completely wrecking
the scow. Damage estimated at $4O.-
700 was done to plate glass windows
In Seattle.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Electricity In Mans Body.

London-The theory that a mans
body may contain enough electricity
to set off charge of explosive was
put forward by government expert
on combustibles to account for an ex-
plosion at Stowmarket, which resulted
in the death of four men.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Mexican OIL Land Sold.

Tulsa - A tract of 10000 acres in
the Mexican oil district, near Ell Pro-
tero and Tampico, has been sold to
White & Sinclair of Tulsa by Georgs
Harmon and Ed De Collier. at a price
said to approximate S3,0O0.0OO.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
FUND
[PAsSES HOUSE
q PROHIBITS USE OF
~ CORPORATIONS FOS
frIcAL PURPOSES.
j BY BIG MAJORITY
4 Was Expressed to Drastic
fnRs Advocating Public Ser
Hopporations Be Restricted.
Baton Rouge

BvtIer's anti-slush fund bill
muhibits corporations from
1ing to campaign funds of
IN Louisiana passed the
~ vote of "a to II. Mr.. But
- at some length for the
q Chas. F. Labarre, OF Or
upresr,d opposition to its
uloly drastic provisions advocat.
u Il be restricted to public SER
rrporations.
1ennition of a corporation made
IN covers corporations of all
1pmestic or foreign. They are
I'D from directly or Indirect
ribrting, donating or lending
~ or property for any of the
~ purposes:
rpnote. aid. advocate or oppose
nl|fical issue.
~ political party or faction,
1se or representative thereof.
. u b. electing or defeating any
Slale for public Office.
khg January Of each year the
III OF state is required to noti-
1urporations to file before March
oan statement from officers of
20ration showing all funds or
oIoperty contributed by the cor
- In violation of any Of the
iDos Of the act The affidavit
1ls prima facie evidence. Failure
y the statement subjects the
ufion to q fine up to $4,000.
secretsry Of state is required
- copies of the statements and
4 corporations not filing state
~ district attorneys at the cor,
rs domicile. The district at
- are required to examine the
nnts; to proceed by rule against
DoE1tions falling to file state
Where the district attorney
~ { statement un ue. or where
<l1nent shows violation of the
4e district attorney IL required
1ued against the corporation fol
- Of the penalty which l.
. 6ipls the amount of the con
- The Judgment must be
h solido against the. corpora
~ officers. Officers who have
)jection of record against tho
acts of the corporation arc
~ however.
lnation of books and papers
operation in court is provided
addition to the penalty de
- on conviction are required Il
- district attorney 10 per cen
y me and the costs. Appoint
! 4 receivers to search for prop
cninst which q judgment under
= can be executed is provided
1uFe no property is found within
ki,diction OF the court rendering
1(gment
eovernor is given power q
Vecial attorneys to conduct pro
under the act.
holders and creditors of a cor
= ccnvicted under the act ar,
! oe right to recover the amouu
q ndgment from the officers I,
olhcers and directors of rec
"a oojecting to the unlawful act.
! exempted, however.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
$4,000. 600 Ford Dividend.

Detroit - The Ford Motor Corr
pany announced 1t had Increased its
authorized stock from $3000,000 to
$100,000,00O, and had declared a stock
dividend of $4S,00O,0OO. payable
July /.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
BattIeship Hits Bulkhead.

Boston. The battleship Virginia
rammed a wooden bulkhead while ap.
preaching her dock at the Charleston
Navy Yard, and in backing away ran
into and nearly overturned the naval
tug Sioux. The tug was docked for
repairs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Too Many Prescriptions.

Jefferson City. - The right of the
State Board Of Health to revoke the
licenses of physicians who write an
undue number of liquor prescriptions
in "dry" counties was sustained by
the Missouri Supreme Court.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Eoreion Trade BOOMING.

Washington. - Foreign trade OF
he United States continued at its
Ugh level again during the weeking
onding May 29, leaving a favorable
trade balance of $19,170.460.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Speyer to United States.

London.-Sir Edgar Spever, who
recently resigned the privy council
lorship because Of criticism based on
the occupancy Of such position by
a native Of Germany, sailed sor New
York.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
SuppressinQ Typhus.

Washington. ENCOURAGING re-
ports from the campaign against ty.
phus in Servia came to the State De.
partment in DISPATCHES from Nish.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Brvan Gets An L.. o.

Baltimore.-William J. Bryan, sec
retary of state, was given the hor-
orary degree Of IL. D., at the COM
mencement exercises of the Univer-
sity of Maryland. =
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
HvdropIane Cantured

Rome.-An official communication
issued by Vice Admiral Thaon di
Revel, the chief of the Italian naval
staff, says that an Austrian hydroae-
roplane was captured near the Italian n
coast.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Majestic Officers Safe.

London.-The admiralty Announced
that all the officers Of the British bat.
tleship Majestic, sunk May q of the
Gallipoli Peninsula by a submarine
had been saved.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Julius Haumoarten Dead.

Washington. - Julius fBaumgarten.
who designed the great zeal OF the
Southern Confederacy, died ar his
home near here at the age of 80.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Submarine Baos Another

London. = The British steamer
: Saidish, from Alexandria, Egypt, fer
Liverpool, was torpedoed in the North
sea- Seven members of the crew
were drowned.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
spain Declares Neutrality,

Madrid.-The government officially
declared the neutrality Of Spain in
the war between Austria-IIungary and
Italy.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Archduke Will Commard

Bresc!a.--It is believed here Arch
duke Eugene has assumed personal
command of the Austrc- Hungarian
forces defending Trent.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
A Second Look.

Cynthia-These bathing suits make
some people look shorter, don't they?
Tom-Yes, and others look longer
Judge. =
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
4 osses Over Million.

Amsterdam. - The Telegram says
casulty lists show that Prussian losses
alone have reached q total of 1,3S3,-
900.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Will Increase NAVY.

Tokyo.-The budget committee o.
the House approved the project Z,
increase the standing army by add,-
ton of two divisions, or about 24.oC,
men. x
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Anti.Fraternjtv Act Uphetd.

AntEFraternity Act Upheld.
Washington. - Constitutionality Of
the Mississippi anti-fraternity law
! was upheld by the supreme court
without dissent.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
Bills were passed as follows:

DhiS WcIc pdSocu do iOiiOWS.
BY Mr.. Fontenot - Regulating
trusts; ayes. 80; nays, 4.
BY Mr. Fontenot-Regulatin the
business of sugar refining; ayes. i02:
nays 3.
BY Mr. Fontenot-Providing for in
vestigation of trusts; ayes, 3J;
nays, 0.
BY Mr. Locke-Ratifying oil leases
entered into by the governor; ayes,
rs; nays l.
By Mr.. Butler Prohibiting in
functions against lessee OF state oil
and gas lands and providing a method
of sequestration; ayes, SS; nays o.
BY Mr.. Leopold - Authorizing
levee boards to spend not over. 81 900
per year to send delegates to leyee
and rivers and harbors conventions;
ayes 81; nays z.
New bills were introduced as FOL
lows:
BY Mr. Powell-Giving the Railroad
Commission jurisdiction over all
pipe lines.
BY Mr.. Johnson-Appropriat ST.
500 to pay the expenses Of the bank
ing commission.
BY Mr.. Observation-Disclosures police
juries to borrow money to meet cur
rent expenses.
uyooythv p;ttshrrcbars ara loolyin~ ~
toward Louisiana Orange lands, as
future Ell Doradoes. and to quote Rob-
ert s. Kerr. a director in the North
American Life Insurance Company
and owner of valuable apple orchards
| in Maryland, there is no other fruit
in the United States with the COM
mercial possibilities Of the Louisiana
orange.
Governor Hall sent to the Senate
the evidence in the suspension, some
time ago, by District Judge Holstead
of Union parish of A. ]. Hammons.
clerk, of the court, who w&s convict
| ed of embezzling $4490 from the es-
tate of ]. B. Holloway. This evidence
i, was ordered filed in the archives of
the Senate.
The Fair Oil Company brought in a
two thousand barrel gusher on its
lease in Red River parish. This make
the ninth well brought IN in Red
River within the past eight days, and
all of them are producers. The pro-
duction of the parish is very close t.
Caddo and is expected shortly t0
pass it.
The people Of Abita Springs are
making elaborate preparations for tue
celebration of the Fourth of July
There will be speech making. music
dancing, fireworks, athletics. and all
kinds of games to amuse and enter
/ tain the public.
John A. Fox of Memphis. Tenn, sec
retary of Mississippi River Levee
Association. addressed the Senate
upon the need for Congressional as
sistance to the states confronted with
the problem Of preventing Mississippi
river floods. He outlined the work
that has been done. and charged that
great many people of Louisiana do
not realize the scope of the work aor
appreciate the value of the alluvial
section of the state. Many of the
states legislators, said Mr.. Fox, are
unfamiliar with the subject.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
old m A FEW LINES.

u eommittee on municipal corpo-
reported favorahly Senator
eui authorizing parishes and
eiiies. Orleans excepted. to
IL mills Of their general
Tor twenty-five years to fund
3 indebtedness.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12

-. = - ~shoaA AoAh6 pdfiohCo anu
eiides. Orleans excepted. to
IL mills of their general
nor twenty-five years to fund
3 Indebtedness.
snarp debate the House over
- lands and levees committees
4hle report on Locke's Ferry
oy . vote of So to 33. The
was advanced to a third.
= Gage Of Bachelor has Just
tne shipment of a fine lot
e 10 New Orleans. The con-
brought top prices.
oompromise liquor shipping
engrossed and passed to
ading without objection.
s bill amending the chattel
law was placed on the
Aatinville has added a moss
% Its commercial Held.
ooncurrent resolution by Sen.
nsrow pleading for a commu.
~ the governor of Georgia of
sence Of Leo M. Frank from
= NE Imprisonment, having
10th branches of the Legisla.
- signed. by Lieutenant Gov.
nalret and prepared for trans.
% the Georgia executive.
oer OF ofiicials of the Car.
oyernment OF Mexico arrive,,
Orieans from Vera Cuz I'm
anahip City Of Tampico.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12

noer of ofncials of the Car.
0Sernment Of Mexico arrived
Wieans nom Vera Cruz ON
nnhip City Of Tampico.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12

= Dill amending the chattel
law was placed on the
~.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12

oompromise liquor shipping
- engrossed and passed to
seading without objection.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12

The people Of Abita Springs are
making elaborate preparations for tue
celebration Of the Fourth of July.
There will be speech making. music.
dancing, fireworks. athletics. and all
kinds of games to amuse and enter
tain the public.
The Washington times., 1915-04-09

Science Has BdniShed
Chance In Treatment Of
Typhoid FeOer Patients
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.
,wspsper Feature Service. Incl

'spaper Feature Service. Incl
pre-typhoid fever problems by virtue of
Prof. lchikawa's Investigations. Its
treatment in his hands bids fair to re-
duce the chances" of death as we'll as
OF invalidism afterward.
Other experimenters have used the
very vaccines-dead typhoid bacilli-
used in armies, hospitals and elsewhere
to prevent the origin and outbreaks Of
typhoid, as an unsuccessful method of
treatment. Although this is an absolute
preventive, II falls utterly to abort or
cure the infection, once ii has begun.
DR.. 1chikawa has, 1t seems, dramatic
ally triumphed over this difficulty. In
stead of dead typhoid bacilli. he takes
the living microbes. dips them into
The blood of persons just over a spell
Of typhoid. and then washes the
serum bathed bacteria in the usual
! weak salt water They are then
treated with a three -tenths per cent
carbolic acid mixture and injected di-
rectly into the blood stream of tho
fever patient.
These sensitized bacteria enter the
vein just below the bend of the ell
bow, and produce a sudden disap-
appear a momentary augmentation.
| but the temperature is lowered
| quickly and forever to normal. This
abrupt injection into the veins OF
| bacteria which have already been
| tackled successfully by the blood OF a
convalescent or cured victim. immedi
ately aids the tissues of the i'll per-
| son to decimate the invading host
| that had previously intrenched itself.
] The days Of typhoid fever. instead Of
the patients. now seem numbered.
The Washington times., 1915-04-09
Copyright 1915. by the Ne

~ HANCE is not a nickname for
Providence Chamfort was
wrong when he so named II.
Voltaire, wrong in most things.
was right when he said "Chance is
word void of sense; nothing can exist
without cause" That one man has
better chance than another; that one
child bv chance RECEIVERS from scarla-
tina. and another by chance dies, Is
proof that chance is ignorance.
Before Pasteur discovered the vaccine
which when used after all dog bites
prevents the bites of the mad dogs
from causing fatal hydrophobia, 1t was
by chance that so to 80 per cent Of
those bitten died of the dread scourase.
His discovery rid us of that "chance. ,"
When Roux and Won Bchring invented
diphtheria antitoxin the chances
against a child's recovery from that
contagion were nine to one. With the
use OF antitoxin. that ignorant chance
became reversed. Now the chance of
recovery is nine to one and much
more.
Typhoid Fever Chance.
When you come to analyzc all So
called lucky or "unlucky chances"
It will be found that full information
and complete knowledge will clear away
chances.
Typhoid fever. like the other human
dstempers, has for a millennium yield
ed ten deaths or more among each
hundred Of victims. That is to say there
are nine chances" in your favor. when
you fall i'll with typhoid.
Interest now reasserts itself in the
The Washington times., 1915-04-09
Plan OF Small Backyard Garden
Location, Kind of Soil Drainage, Succession
and Rotation of Crops For Small Family.
Home Garden Series, No. ,.

prepared by the Department OF AgricuItur
Caulifowcr, kohl-rabi, followed
by fall potatoes.
Tomatoes. followed by spinach.
Elephants. peppers, followed by
spinach.
Cucumbers. followed by turnips.
Muskmelons or squash. followed
by turpiUs.
Early potatoes. followed by fall
beans
Sweet corn, followed by fall
peas
In the above plan. the first two
rows are devoted one to lettuce and
one to radishcs. the two crops to be
followed later by celery. The next
three rows are devoted to onions
from seed sown in place and are to
be followed later bv celery.
The next two rows are devoted TO
parsnips to be followed later by
celery and the next two rows are
devoted 10 carrots. to be followed IN
the autumn by kale. The next three
rows ere to be devoted to garden
lowed in the autumn by crop or
kale
The next two rows. which are
three feet apart, are to be devoted
to early varieties OF peas. the first
sown about week before the sec
ond row and after the crops are re-
moved the land Is to be devoted to
autumn cabbage. Two additional
rows are to be sOwn to late peas
planted in the same order as the
first and also followed by autumn
cabbage. The pea patch adjoins
three rows devoted to beans. which
The Washington times., 1915-04-09
Following Latest Dictum, the
Effect of the Clothing is
Decidedly Simple, But Ma
terialS Are Fine and Sheer.
Net, Flowered Taffeta, and
Sprays of Flowers Give a
Touch of Spring and
YouthfulneSs to the Even
ing Gown.

xh.1 Assuming IS msHsF a. of ors"s ,ns sr.
and graces of simplicity while
at the same time holding out
ample opportunity for the display of
fine materials. luxuriant color COM
binatl"ns. and all OF the less notice.
able ways of spending money.
Evening gowns for spring and sum-
mer seasons are most typical of this
ensnaring pitfall, for while the eff
feet Of this gown for instance is SIM
flowered material made in panicr ef-
feet. and trimmed with innocent
looking little sprays OF flowers here
and there which look as II they had
caught on the gown quite by acci-
dent. the bodice is of delicately tint
ed pink crepe de chine OF the finest
weave, the panier Is Of rich flowered
taffeta, and the sprays of flowers
are all hand made.
Even matrons, young ones TO be
sure. are wearing evening clothes
made in this style. with of course.
colors varying according to the in
dividual co:oring Of the wearers.
Just where the fad for the SIM
plicity gown originated one cannot
tell exactly. but 1t is safe 10 assume
that the Columbine costumes which
have been so popular at fancy dress
balls during the winter season have
been conveniently modified as to
length and material so as to meet the
needs Of the evening costume for
formal occasions.
The Washington times., 1915-04-09

are 10 be followed by autumn pota-
toes. The next two rows are de-
voted to cabbage. followed in the
autumn by potatoes.
The next row is devoted to cauli-
nower or kohl-rabi. to be followed
in the autumn by potatoes. The next
TWO rows are devoted to tomatoes
tied to stakes. and after the toma-
toes have been harvested the land
Is sown in spinach. The next row
Is devoted partly to eggplants and
partly TO peppers to be followed later
in the season by spinach. The next
row. which is six feet from the egg
plants, is devoted to Cucumbers t.
be followed after the Cucumbers are
harvested by an autumn crop OF
turnips.
The next row Is eight feet from
the cucumbers and is devoted to
muskmelons or squashes. followed
by turnips in the autumn. The next
two rows are devoted to early po-
tatoes, followed by autumn sown
beans, and the next three rows are
given over to sweet corn. planted
one row each week after the proper
season for planting has arrived and
to be followed in the autumn by
peas
(Part 2, Tomorrow