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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
SARAH BERNHARDT
IS DOING WELL
CONTEST CLOSES SATUR.
DAY AT SIX.
CBy Associated Press)
(By Associated Press)
Bordeaux. France, Feb. 2S.-Sarah
Bernhardt's condition from yester-
days operation is good.

Owing TO an error in the pub.
lication Of the original an
nouncement OF the contest, the
closing date was placed on Feb
ruary 2sth. II is also stated In
all printed matter connected
with the contest. Since the
2Sth falls on Sunday, the con.
test will be closed at six o'clock
.. m. February 9th. The bal.
lot box will be at The Eagle Of
flee and a committee to count
same will consist Of Travis 3.
Bryan, Fred L. cavltt and Mel.
son r. Dulaney. The following
instructions to contestants
should be closely followed to "a.
ellitate the work Of the commit
tee:
Arrange your ballots In pack
ages Of 25, laid flat and tied.
Have only rs Of the same color
In the same package. See that
your name Is written plainly on
every ballot, particularly the
top one In each package. Do
not make mistakes In the count.
Ballots upon which one name
has been written and erased and
another one written In must be
accompanied by a written ex-
PLANTATION of why the change
was made. Cast your votes be-
fore six o'clock, as the polls will
close exactly at that hour.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
RUSSIAN ARMY NOW STANDING AT BAY
ARE DESPERATE At TER
DEFEAT AND HEAVY LOSS

Have Taken Stand on Russian Territory and Are
Fighting at Bay-Their Stand May Mean
Counter Offensive on Southern Flank of Ger.
man Army-The Russians Claim Successes
Against the Austrians and Capture of Fifteen
Hundred Prisoners Vienna Denies the Re.
port-A Norwegian Steamer Was Sunk Off
Dover This Morning and the Grew Claims 1t
Was a Torpedo From Submarine The
Germans Blew Up Whole French Trench.
Russians Claim to Have Defeated the Turks.
British Flag Missing From Sea Because of
Submarines.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
French Statement.
(Rv Assoclated Pre...l

Paris, Feb. 23.-COffcial.)- Fifteen
hundred German shells were dropped
in all quarters OF Rheims. Twenty
houses were set on fire and twenty
civilians killed. What remains of the
cathedral suffered severely.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
BRAKEMAN WAS
SHOT To DEATH
Battered Lantern by His Side Showed
He Had Tried to Defend
Himself.
(By associated Press.l

Wichita Falls. Tex, Feb. 23.-R. F.
Carter, a brakeman on the Fort
Worth G. Denver line. was shot to
death last night near Bowie. His
body was found in a ballast car. His
battered lantern by his side indicated
he had used It in defense. He had
been robbed.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
THREE HOTEL GUESTS
BURNED TO DEATH
Eight Others Injured and Loss 20
Property Two Hundred
Thousand.
(Ry Associated Press.l

Birmingham. Ala, Feb. 23.-Three
unidentified guests we're burned to
death in the Windsor, small hotel
here, this morning. Eight persons
were injured and the loss was two
hundred thousand dollars, including
the adjoining property.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
PRESIDENT Of
HAITI ADVOCATES
tBy Associated Presa)

tBy Associated PresA)
Washington, Feb. 2S. - Dayilmar
Theodor has abdicated as President
Of Haiti and taken refuge aboard
Dutch steamer.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
Germans Blew Up British Trench.
CBy Associated Press)

London, Feb. 23.-The British Of
fetal report says thick weather has
stopped air scouting in Belgium. The
British rifle and artillery fire is su.
perior to the German.
The Germans. with an elaborate
series of mines. blew up one entire
British trench.
A little trench fighting constituted
the only recent activity.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
Submarines Scare British Oh.
(Bv Associated Press.l

Berlin, Feb. 49, - The newspapers
here report the British flag has dis
appeared from the seas on account of
the German submarines.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
Norway Loses Another Ship.

London. Feb. 23.-The Norwegian
steamer Regin was sunk of Dover
this morning by either a submarine
or mine. She sank within ten min
utes after being struck Her crew
OF twenty-five we're saved. She was
carrying coal from England to France.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
MAY WHEAT TOOK
F|VE-CENT DROP
tR1 AssoeIa,ed Press.)

Chicago. ILL.,, Feb. 2S.-Rumors Of
an attack on the Dardanelles caused
five-cent drop in May wheat at the
opening today. The new price is
Sl55A.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
Russians Defeat Turks.
(By Associated Press.l

Petrograd, Feb. 2S. - (ofhcial.) -
The Turks we're defeated in Caucasus
Sunday in a fight at Tchoruk. There
are no indications as to the magnitude
Of this fight.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23

Say II Was a Torpedo.
(By Associated Press.)
London. Feb. 23.-The Regina's
crew say they believe a German sub
marine torpedoed them.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-23
German Statement.
(By Associated Press.)

Berlin. Feb. 2S.-(ofhcial.) In the
vosges the heights north OF Muel.
hausen were captured by storm by
the Germans.
The Russian attempt to strike at
Hindenberg's army from Grondo has
failed.
The Germans are still advancing
near Plock and this advance appar-
emily threatens Warsaw.
Fighting continues about Otsowetz.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-02-13
SOUTHWESTERN
REFLECTIONS.

Practically oil of tho giant en-
tsrprisss that dominate the 6nan-
cial and industrial world are tho
results of organized cooperation.
Occasionally a towering genius
succeeds in building up a great
industry which exacts rich toll
from the masses, hut thsee are the
exceptions which, as the maths-
maticians say, only prove the rule.
The great railway systsms, the
telegraph, the steel trust, the SUI
gar trust, the harvester. the stand
ard oil-grsat industrial world
wide in their sweep are all the re-
suits of cooperative organization.
Men pooled their capital and in
vested it probably with the re-
suits that We 500.
But this is predatory co-Opera-
ton of few men to cater to the
necessities of the masses and draw
from them profit of outstanding
proportions, in soms cases greater
than the revenues of the United
States Government.
There is,a lesson in these things
for Us of Southwest Louisiana.
The Prosperity Campaign" of the
Southwest Louisiana Development
Bureau, is designed to bring xbou,
cooperation among oil the people
of Southwest Louisiana not fol
benefit OF few men, but in order
to bring prosperity to every man
woman aud child in this section
This week the msstings have
been in Acadia. with one point in
st. Landry. After this comes JEFF.
fsrson Davis, and % on until the
Gospel of Cooperation shall have
been preached to all aud each hal
had al opportunity.
The Bureau 10 not asking fol
cash at these meetings. 1t hal
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-02-13
MASS MEETING.

The Committee appointed at
tho Mass Meeting held . few days
ago, have obtained advice from an
attorney and have received the
necessary papers from Baton
Rouge for the recall Of the Police
Jurors of the First Ward of st.
Martin Parish and are now ready
to report. The citizens are invit-
I'd to attend . meeting at the Town
Hall on Monday february 18TH,
at Z P. NJ, to receive the report
and act in the matter.
L. j. Liable
j. H. Duchamp
o. P. Rsswsbsr
j. j. Burdin
Luke Bonin, Chairman
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-02-13

calculated that a given number Of
memberships are necessary to put
the Bureau on Q basis of eficisn-
cy, with an expert staff to do the
work 90 badly needed in this sec.
ton, and cooperation is asked
conditioned upon the requisite
number being pledged.
Every man in Southwest Louisi
ana ought TO be . member OF this
organization. Already it has gi-
ven Q boost to this section of Lou
isiana-and indeed to tho State,
that no other influence has been
sble to exert in years. 1t the pso-
pie by their cooperation shall
enable it to organize and maintain
it's proposed three divisions of Bet
ter Farming and Marketing, If
Drainage, transportation aud
Highwsys aud Of Publicity, In.
migration and Industrial Develop
msnt, South west Louisiana will DO
touched at every angle of interest
AMI she will lead The South In the
march towards . balanced develop.
msnt and III agricultural aud ill.,
dustrial prosperity such ~ Louisi-
ana has never before experienced.
The Bureau proposes to antagO-
nizs no interest or organization
based upon tho promotion OF the
public welfare. On tho contrary,
1t proposes to DO helpful to saon,
TO cooperate heartily with every
| legitimate industry and interest IN
this and every other section OF tho
South.
Friends, this 10 the greatest un-
dertaking ever mapped out for
South west Louisiana. 1t bears
not single aspect of sslhhnsss.
No man engaged in it 10 th ore be-
cause he wants to be whore he 10;
they are oil there because they
want TO help Southwest Louisiana,
and there 10 not . man of whom
who would not gladly step out to-
morrow II some one more capable
or more efficient should oome Ia to
take his place.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-02-13
MIR. AIphonss Davis Of New

Mr.. AIphonss Davis Of New
Iberia, representing the South
western Traction aud Power Co.,
was here this week regard
ing the prospect of rsvoting
q tax in favor of tho trolley. We
believe our people would vote .
tax of three or three and one half
mills for ten or moro years in or
der to realize q bonus of $4,000.
The Railroad Company a. we'll as
our people realize the hard times,
but our people want this trolley
and the trolley would like to come
this way. We are told that Mr..
Godchaux, the president has con-
traotsd for tho building at once Of
twelve miles of road, which will
either b put to st. Martinville or
to Centreville. That 10 left to US,
it We vote tho tax We get the road,
il ws don't, then it goes Centre.
vile instead Of coming this way.
This 10 . plain proposition.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-02-13
II Really Does Relieve Rheumatism

Il Really Does Relieve Rheumatism
Everybody who il afflicted with Rheu-
matism in any form should by all means
keep q bottle Of SlOans Liniment Oh
hand. The minute you feel pain or sure
ness in a joint or muscle, battle it with
SlOan's Liniment. do not rub 1t. SlOan's
penetrates almost immediately right to
the seat Of pain. relieving the hot, ten.
der. swollen feeling and make the part
easy and comfortable. Get q bottle OF
SlOan's Liniment for % cents of any
druggist and have it in the house
against Colds. Sore. aud Swollen Joints.
LumbagO, Sciatica and like ailmonts.
Your money back il not satisfied, but it
does give almost instant relief. Buy a
bottle to-day.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-02-13

The Brass Band and Woodmen
of the World need the assistance
of all ourpsopls to make big sue
cess of the Mardi Gras cslebra-
ton. Do not disappoint them.
Help them all you can.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-02-13
CHARLTON VACCINATION.
To the Live Stock Owners Of the State.


Past experience has taught that
best results are obtained whom ami
mails are vaccinsted against char
bon carly in tho Spring so a. to
allow about 80 days in which to
secure protection before the sea-
son approaches whom oharbon in
fiction usually develops.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board strongly urges. therefore,
that. in those sections Ut tho State
in which Charlton infection has
been known TO exist in previous
years. vaccination of animals
should be commenced not later
than March 1st. That 10, the first
dose, of . double dose vaccine
should b given at that time.
If stock owners will give this
matter their careful attention, it
will increase tho number of pro-
tectsd animals at the beginning of
the chsrbon season, and material
ly limit the spread of tho disease,
should the coming Summer prove
favorable to the development of
charbon.
Louisiana Live Stock Sanitary Board.
DIR. E. PsRram Flower,
Secretary and Executive Officer.
No hard times at st. Martinvills
and We will celebrate Mardi Gras
like New Orleans and other good
towns.
The fool-killer., 1915-10-01
WHERE DRoWING Is BLISS

Some time in August the Ma
tional Woman's Life Saving
League held it's annual field day
at Long Beach, L. I.
1t seems that the said league is
composed Of young women who
are hungering and thirsting for
chance to save somebody from
drowning. Of course they are all
supposed to be perfect paragons
OF beauty, and when they called
for volunteers to jump in the wa
ter and get nearly drowned so as
to be rescued by the aforesaid la
dy life-savers, 1000 men actually
trampled over each other for the
blessed privilege.
Now we are not to suppose that
mere drowning could have such
attraction for men. } It was the
manner Of the expected rescue
that proved the drawing card.
All men are a good deal alike
when it comes to the question Of
pretty faces and dimpled arms
and all that sort Of thing. Who
wouldn t run the risk of drowning
every day in the week for the
chance Of being so gloriously de-
livered.
Go sorter slow in your criticism
Of those 1000 brave volunteers
Ii you are male man you would
probably have done the same
It's just our cussed human ma
ture.
The fool-killer., 1915-10-01
"PLEASE PUT ME IN THE;
PENITENTIARY".

The North Carolina peniten-
tiary is getting to be very high
toned and exclusive-almost as
much so as "high society,"" Re-
Gently a gentleman by the name
Of Robert Walls journeyed alone
to the. city of Raleigh, where he
presented the proper legal pap
ers to show that he had been duly
sentenced to serve term OF three
and a half years in the pen for
manslaughter. Telling the prison
officials that he had come down
alone to enter upon his new du-
ties, he begged to be admitted.
But there was nothing doing. Al
ter a careful examination OF the
papers, the prison authorities told
Walls that he couldn't enter un-
less brought there by an officer
from his county. They said he
might be a good honest and truth
full man, in every way worthy OF
a job in the pen; but on the 9th
er hand he might be bad and
and dangerous character whose
influence would be detrimental to
the high moral standard Of the
institution. They we're afraid
to trust him. With a look OF bit
ter disappointment on his face,
Mr.. Walls went and registered at
the best hotel and wired the sad
news Of his rejection to the sheriff
Of his county. About week lat
er the sheriff arrived in Raleigh
and with his help Mr.. Walls prov
ed to the satisfaction Of the peni-
tertiary authorities that he was
a man Of splendid character-a
man with whom the prisoners
could associate without any dan
ger to their moral and religious
welfare. At last the door Of the
penitentiary was opened and Rob
ert Walls walked proudly in
walked as only a man can walk
who has overcome great Difficult
ties and achieved the desire Of his
heart.
The fool-killer., 1915-10-01

work. Yes, you did, and I had to
pretend that [ liked it.
Why did you despise me when
[ was alive? And why do you
love me SO now?
| needed your love and sympa-
thy while my young and tender
hands were fighting the grim bat
ties of life-fighting desperately
for a bare existance.
But now [ am dead and gone
beyond the reach of all your gush
ing sympathy. You waited too
long before finding out that l
was worthy Of your love.
0 men Of Georgia! O mef of
America! You are all guilty of
my murder! Your hands are all
red with my blood!''
The fool-killer., 1915-10-01
STUNG AGAIN.

A man from somewhere in the wood:
Came walking down the street
He wore some shoes upon his face,
A smile upon his feet.
He stopped beside a letter-box
And smole another smile;
':Here is a music-box," said he
"I'll make it play awhile"
He dropped a nickel in the slot
Where letters should be mailed,
Then listened for the music-but
The music crop had failed.
And so he slapped it in the face,
Ang kicked up mighty high,
And swore he'd have his nickel back
Or know the reason why.
But finally he gave it up,
'(He'd tried a dozen tricks),
And swore by all that's good and ba
The thing was out of fix.
The fool-killer., 1915-10-01

Just let an old railroad give
out the word that it ain t making
any money, and Immediately it
gets permission to raise it's freight
rates. But suppose some Of you
laboring men should report to the
government that you amt max
ing any money, either-would
that get you a raise? Suppose
you try it just once.
The fool-killer., 1915-10-01
A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE

Several months ago there was
a murder in Atlanta, Georgia. A
poor little working girl named
Mary Phagan was earning f~w
cents a day by working in a pen
Gil factory. Then one night she
was foully murdered, and her
body was discovered in the base
ment Of the pencil factory. Mary
Phagan alive was person Of no
Importance whatever. But Mary
Phagan dead instantly jumped
into fame. Her death has been as
widely discussed and. as bitterly
fought over as if she had been a
queen. One man Leo Frank, has
paid the penalty. Being neither
judge nor jury in this case, [ shall
not pretend to say whether he was
guilty or not. Most people think
he was. But there are some who
doubt it. Anyway, he is dead at
the hands Of a Georgia mob. May
be the men composing the mob
would have given Mary Phagan
crust of bread when she was
hungry, but [ doubt it. The poor
child had to die in order to get
the sympathy Of the kind-hearted
CD men Of Georgia.
But out Of the grim silence of
Mary Phagan's grave comes a
voice. Listen With Mary White
Ovington as interpreter Mary
Phagan speaks:
"You care a lot about me, YOU
men of Georgia, now that I am
| dead.
You have spent thousands o1
dollars trying to find out who mu
tilated my body.
You have filled the columns OF
your newspapers with the story
of my wrong.
You have broken into prison anG
murdered a man that [ might b.
avenged.
But why did you not care fol
me when [ was alive?
I was a child, but you shut M
out of the daylight.
You held me within four wall
watching a machine -endlessl,
watching a knife as it cut piece
Of wood.
| Noise filled the place noise
dust, and the smell Of oil.
! [ wish some of the thousand
Of dollars that you have spent OF
the trial might have kept me il
school. A real school, like yo7
build for the rich.
[ worked through the hot Au
gust days while you were loafin
around the drug stores drinkin
!, soda-pop and planning how yo
could get more work out of m
for less money; and you neve
paid me enough to buy a prett
dress.
You sometimes spoke coarsel
to me as [ went to and from M
The fool-killer., 1915-10-01
A SERMON ON MISTER DUDE,

[ will never forget the first
time l saw a real live dude, with
all of his dude clothes on, and put
ting his whole mind and soul in
to the business Of being a dude.
Many time and oft had I seen
his picture in the funny papers,
but [ had gotten an idea that he
lived only in the joke column and
that [ would never meet him in
real life.
Then came the awakening. On
a train which had been threaten
ing all day to run into Charlotte,
n. c., my newspaper eye caught
sight Of the jovial gentleman a.
foresaid. The effect was like
someone had hit me across the
face with a wet towel. I was
knocked blind for just a second,
and couldn't believe my eyes af-
ter they did get to working again.
But there he sat, just three
seats ahead of me. I would have
felt safe in swearing that he was
the original of every dude picture
| had ever seen. He was dressed
fit to kill, and I couldn't under
stand why somebody didn't do it.
His hair was a screaming red. It
was parted in the middle and fell
very low over his forehead. His
collar was SO high he had to climb
up on bench to spit over it, and
his necktie looked like patch
ripped out of a September sun
set. A straw hat was propped on
the back Of his head, and he
squinted over his gold-rimmed
glasses like a colicky boss want.
ing his tummy rubbed. His
mouth loked like the bung-hole of
a cider-barrel, and his laugh
sounded like the dying echo Of a
busted bladder. For, in addi-
tion to his other dudish accom-
plishments, he was about half
drunk.
He had a girl companion who
looked like a yellow ribbon on a
brindle cat, and they couldn It
either Of them keep still more
than five seconds. He would
wink at her, and she would gig
gle, and then they would both
look around to see what effect
their smart actions were having
on the other passengers. Every
body was awfully bored, but no.
body said anything. There was
nothing to say.
Finally the train stopped at it's
destination and everybody got
off. My dude was quickly swal.
lowed up in the crowd and I new
er expected to see him any more
But a few days later, in passing
t a new building on which the car
penters were at work, I discover
ed my dude with his carpenter s
2 apron on, his saw and hammer in
: hand, and the sweat of honest toll
on his face.
Again nobody said anything
There was nothing to say.
The fool-killer., 1915-10-01

An old hen saw a notice which
said: "Now is the time to lay
IN your winter coal,'' and she
went right straight and did so.
They found her nest in the coal
bin next day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-18

what constitutes the renewal of a
note, the commissioner of internal
revenue states the following ruling:
"A written agreement, either attached
to or unattached to a promissory note,
or in the form Of an endorsement on
the note, such as Renewed or 'Ex-
tended to a certain date, ~evidencing
payment and acceptance Of interest
in advance to a certain time, subse-
quent to maturity, constitutes a re-
newal Of the note and is subject to
tax as such under the above men,
toned act"
In regard to part payment of a note
after it has become due, or payment
of accrued interest after maturity, the
ruling is as follows: 1.-THE note Is al
lowed to run and the holder neither
loses nor postpones his right of action.
and is merely in the nature Of a for
b~earance and is not taxable under the
said act as a renewal"