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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Assistant United States Engineer
Lipsey, attached to the New Orleans
office of the U. S. A. engineer CORPS.
visited DOnaldsonville to ascertain
what action had been taken hv the
Joint organization of the Aichafalava
and Lafourche basin levee boards of
BAYOU LafourChe to replace the dam
which at present shuts off commune
cation between that stream and the
Mississippi river. Under the terms
Of the rivers and harbors acts adopt
ed March 4, 1915, the levee boards are
granted an extension Of time until
July, 1917, for the removal OF the dam
and the restoration Of navigable com
m%unication between the river and
BAYOU, and their attention has been
called to this fact by Major Schultz.
in charge Of the United States engi-
neer's Office at New Orleans. who
points out that prompt action is nee
essary by the levee boards to conform
with the mandate issued By the ma.
tional congress with reference to the
removal of the dam.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
I1ALY'S DECISION
QUESTION OF HOURS
GERMANY is MAKING FINAL Eff
FORTS WITH AUSTRlA--ROME
WATTS FEVERISHLY.

Paris THE Temps published a dis
patch from it's correspondent at Rome
who says the impression prevails there
that Italy is on the eve of a supreme
decision. The negotiations with Aus,
tria clearly have reached a critical
stage. In German circle there is
great depression. Every n now is
convinced that Italy will not recede
and that Austria cannot satisfy her
demands.
Rome, the correspondent continues,
is waiting in feverish anxiety, as it Is
known that Germany is making her
last effort with Austria. No one hopes
for any result from this desperate at
tempt and the breaking of the thread
still holding Italy to the central ON.
pires is expected at any minute.
Prince Won Buelow, the German am.
bassador, visited the king of Rome.
The report was Immediately circu-
lated that he was taking his leave.
This report is not confirmed.
The cabinet at its meeting decided
to postpone the reopening of Par
lament which had been set for
May IL.
Immediately after the meeting Pre-
mier Salandra visited the king.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
LOUISIANA EXTENDS
ROADS THIS YEAR
NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS
TO BE SPENT FOR HIGH
WAY IMPROVEMENTS.
5000 MILES BEING PLANNED
Parishes viii Construct Lateral and
lntersecting Roads System Will
Traverse $4,000 Miles.
5000 MILES BEING PLANNED
New Orleans.

New OrleanS.-
At the end of this year Louisiana
will have $50 miles of good roads at
a cost of close to two million dollars,
Previous to the organization Of the
highway department in 1911 there
were constructed and improved by
convict labor 103.5S miles OF roads at
a cost of $99, SO3.51. The new roads
are of a more permanent character.
The system, which State Highway
Engineer w. F.. Atkinson designed,
was for a continuous main road which
would cover and connect every par.
lsh in the state and give outlets to
other states. The plan provided for
about 5000 miles of th%OrOughfare,
and he has hewn to the line and de.
voted mo-. Of the state aid to fur.
tEeriug the project. Other states
have since adopted similar plans.
After this main road is completed the
Darisl es will construct lateral and
i~ntersectlng reads. and the entire sys.
TEN will traverse 1900 miles. Many
of the laterals will be dirt roads, bu.
if properly drained and dragged they
will serve the purpose for years to
come.
Equitable distribution and constant
agitation has accomplished much with
q small fund. The latter was provid-
ed by a tax Of only a quarter of a
mill. The fund has been somewhat
augmented by the law passed by the
last legislature, at the urging of the
highway department, which provides
for state registration and taxation of
motor vehicles. With the co-opera.
ton of Assistant Attorney General
Harry Gamble, a book was compiled
giving all the Louisian road laws, to.
gether with rules and forms for voting
special road taxes by the parishes.
There has been many calls for the
latter and various parishes have been
guided in meeting the growing de.
mand for model highways, with
bridges and %culverts of concrete OF
other lasting construction.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
SINKING Of LINER
MAY INVOLVE U,S,
1T is THOUGHT GERMANY WANTS
AMERICA TO HOLD NUM-.
TONS OF WAR.
SEEK SOME INTERPRETATION
President Says He Wants to Be Ger
tain Whether German Government
Will Continue Friendly.
SEEK SOME INTERPRETATION

WaShingtOn.-What action the Unil
ed States will take as a result of the
sinking Of the Lusitania, with the loss
OF more than a hundred American
lives, is undecided.
Only the presidents most intimate
advisers know Of the complexities of
the problem before him. It not only
concerns the attack on the Lusitania,
but a series of incidents indicating a
period of strained relations with
Germany for many weeks.
The president has watched with his
disapproval, it is known, the com
plants of the German officials with
regart to questions of neutrality and
the efforts to array GerIGan-Ameri-
can sentiment against the Washing.
ton administration as a means o.
urging an embargo on munitions OF
war against the allies.
At first the German government adj
United that there was no ,iolatiOon
OF international law in the sale by
private individuals of munitions of
var. When the German ambassador
in a memorandum practically accused
the United States government Of not
being neutral in the question Of per-
hitting shipments Of munitions, the
president was amazed.
The sinking of the American steam
er Frye, the attack on the Falaba,
which caused the drowning of an
American citizen, Leon c. Thrasher,
the wrecking without warning OF the
American tank ship Gul1ight, the
dropping of bombs on the American
steamer Gushing and finally the torpe-
doing Of the L~usitania, constitute a
series Of incidents which the presi-
dent is trying to interpret.
He wants to be certain whether
they range themselves in order to
cause a grave climax of a carefully
planed policy of histolity to the United
States or whether the sequence is cas-
ual and the German government de-
sires to continue friendly relations
with the Washington government.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
British Withdraw Ships,

Washington. - British warships,
which have been lying off the New
York and New England coasts, will
be temporarily withdrawn so they
may not interfere with the success of
the maneuvers of the Atlantic leer.
which begin May IS. Notice to that
effect has been communicated to the
Navy Department by the British
ambassador.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
Plan For New Business,

New York.-In anticipation Of busi-
ness Improvement, directors of the
westinghouse Electric and Manufac.
turing Company, which recently re-
ceived large orders from foreign gov
ernments, have asked for permission
to raise additional capital when nee
cssary, because of the sale of stock.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Opposition to the consolidation Of
leyee boards ir the state was voiced
by Major Frank VI. Kerr, chief of the
board of state engineers, before the
state probe commission at New o.
leans. Major Kerr vas called as the
first witness in the commission inves.
tigation Of levee boards and levee
contracts. Chairman Buie, pointing
out the heavy expense of administer
ing the levee funds to the multiple
itv of boards, each with a consider
able payroll asked the CHEZ engineers
opinion as to a consolidation Of all
levee boards.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
"a Still at Bottom,

Honolul.-Diver W. F. Loughmar.
who nearly lost his life April II, when,
while at the bottom OF the ocean at
work on the sunken submarine F-4
when his life line became fouled' in
the wreck, was placed on the United
States transport Sheridan to be taken
to San Francisco He is still suffer.
ing from the effects of his four hours
submersion at a depth of 220 feet.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
Guard Fortificatjone

Washington. - Steps for guarding
Notifications under construction with
former soldiers, sailors and marines
who have served at least two enlist
ments are embodied in an executive
order signed by President Wilson,
which valves all civil service require.
ments for such men in such places.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
Gen. Arthur Murray Retired,

Washington.-Maj. Gen. Arthur Muir.
ray, commander of the Western de-
partment of the army, attained the re-
tirement age of 81 years, but by ar
order Of Secretary Garrison, in con-
formity with legislation by the last
Congress, will be retained in his pres.
ent command on the activ" list until
the end of the Panama-Paciic exposi.
ton next December. General Murray
will, however, be carried as an extra
number in the grade of major general
until retirement.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
U. s. Spinners Affected.

Washington.-An embargo on cot.
ton export from Egypt to all other
than French, Russian, Spanish and
Portuguese, as requested of the Egyp-
tian government by Great Britain
would be seriously felt by the cotton
spinners of the United States.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
LIQUOR Law Attached

Washington. - Counsel for the
State of West Virginia filed a brief
In the supreme court asking that the
Webb-Kenyon interstate liquor law he
held constitutional and interpreted as
prohibiting the shipment of LIQUOR for
personal use' into dry territory.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
Panama Tolls.

Panama.-Capt. Hugh Rodman, SUI
p%erintendent of transportation of the
Panama Canal, is on his way to Wash.
ington to confer regarding important
reported conditions in the tolls being
collected for traffic through the
canal.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
eattIeship in Dry Docks

.Philadelphia--The battleship Min.
nesota arrived here from the southern
drill grounds She will be placed IN
dry dock for minor repairs. Other
ships of the Atlantic feet will follow
the Minnesota here and will he lo,tod
over at the navy yard.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
Drouth Is Believed.

Neutrality-suspicious. in the north.
eastern states, which had caused some
damage to crops, was relieved partial
ly during the past week, but lack Of
rain still is badly felt in the south.
eastern states, national weather and
crop bulletin announced.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
War Barred.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of all kinds
of war material across Swedish terri
tory has been forbidden, &C, ording to
a statement of the Royal Board of
Trade, communicated to the legation
here.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
Contraband on Board.

New York.-The L~usitania's mani.
fest included 100000 pounds of brass
and copper wire, s66,OOO worth of mil.
itary goods and SAT- cases of ammu.
milton, valued at 5000, O24, all Of which
was c%ontraband of war.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
Taft Praises Wilson.

6son. - Commenting President
n for the policy of neutrality.
ach he has no conscientinusly fol.
eed." and urging an arbitral court
the greater nations to make war
impossible, former President w. Fl.
Taft addressed the Wisconsin legis-
lature.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

70. The The, Tangipahoa strawberry .,ron
,vana ID the zenith last week nh 'op
irom SIX to eight carloads No. Nnen
were shipped by the two Amite a
Citations the average price throu. asso-
ne week ranging between 81 oe
Sl.eO net per crate. '1.sv and
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
Meat Animals cheansr.

Washington.-Prices paid American
producers for principal crops in
creased during March about g per
cent, according to the Department of
agriculture.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
viii Refund State Dab.

Nashville Bids on Tennessee how'd
to the amount of $~11,7S1,OOo, to bs
used in r%efunding the state debt. wore
opened by the state funding board
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

The Board of Police Jurors of Gin.
ton met in regular monthly session.
Report OF the treasurer showed a bal.
ance of $2,165 on hand. Bills to the
amount of 1854 were approved and
paid. The expense of keeping the
dipping watts furnished and in proner
condition is costing the parish some
five hundred dollars per month. The
total expense for working the roads
with the road machine for eleven davs
was $ll3, having worked about thirty
miles in the first and second wards n
the parish, costing less than 81 uer
mile.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Arrangements are being made for a
special train to carry about three hull
bred normal students of Natchitoches
TO the interscholastic track meet.
which is to take place at Alexandria.
MAJ is.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Governor Hall issued his proclama.
ton calling the legislature to meet
May IL. at noon, for an extra session
not to exceed thirty days.
The call presents 80 different sinh.
]ects OF legislation for the considera-
ton OF the lawmakers. Chief among
them is appropriation of money to
maintain the state institutions durino
1916 and the determination of tho
question of holding a constitutions,
convention.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Two U. S. Cutters Are Launched.
Newport News, Va--Two new coas,
guard cutters-the Ossipee and Ta,.
lspoosa-were launched here in Tho
presence of a distinguished COMPANY
of government officials.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

The annual athletic and
n meet 81, between the State Normal. the
D. W. L, l. l. of Lafayette, the I'm, .ne
Jana College and st. Charles LOUIS
OF Grard coteau will be held IN aa
andria May Is. ~ Alex
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14
BRIEF NEWS AND NOTES..

The police jury of Thibodaux has
canvassed the vote cast in the Sec.
old Road district Of this parish for
a special tax of five mills on the dol.
lar % run for a period of forty years.
The official count of the vote cast
shows the people Of the Second Road
district to be very much in favor Of
~hardsurfactd roads, as there were
elehty-fivi 'otes an property value OF
~$i3O,so5.5O cast in favor of the tax
and only niLe votes and $751; prop-
erty value against. 1t is believed that
the tax will produce a fund that will
aggregate $4,000.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Ninety days more life and tho
er TO punish Cor contempt are to. no
asked Of the special session Of The
legislature by the state probe commis,
SION The body adopted a resolution
requesting the governor to place thasa
matters before the legislature.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Although eighty near-beer dealers
carried on business in Shreveport in
1914, only seventeen paid a city IL
cense The others operated under a
state license exclusively. The police
svroped down on a number Of delin.
nuents for 1915
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

ratification was made by the so0t,.
ern University Board of tho col. LUZ,
the u%n'versi'y's New Orleans oroner..
~. A special meeting was bela
the purpose. eiu 1or
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

The number Of orders received for
yellow pine du:ing the past week at
Eogalusa is indicative of the fact that
the demand is greatly increasing with
the advance of spring. With the in
creased demand also comes an in
crease in price On nearly all items.
The timber market is especially a.
tive and business is being 'ncured
in prod volume 4. the higher level OF
prices.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Edward Burke, of 1927 South Clai-
borne street, New Orleans. builder
and contractor, was appointed superin-
tendent of the New Basin canal by
Governor Hall. He succeeds Ulic J.
Burke, whose resignation has been in
the hands of the governor since Feb
ruary. The new superintendent is not
related to his predecessor.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

The Probe Commission will not ask
the special session Of the legislature
to act upon the :latter of. court re.
form. A resolution offered by Chair
man Buie, seeking a special report to
the legislature. was voted Gown. Sen
ators George Wesley Smith anr
Macker and Representatives Byrne
Icing in opposition.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

C. A. Russell, Philip Rothrock. Ma.
son SoWden and w. r. Perkins, repre-
senting the United States Department
of Agriculture, visited Lake Provi
dence and conducted a public meet.
ing the Fischer hotel. Many Of the
planters and farmers of the parish
were present. The meeting was held
to discuss the best methods of max.
ing and marketing oats and other
grain, principally corn. Mr.. Russell.
was the principal speaker of the oc.
casion. He has had large experience
IN the grain business in Illinois and Is
we'll posted on his subject.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

The farmers of Louisiana and those
intel ested in Louisiana farming will
hold a big convention in Baton Rouge
duling re second week of the special
session Of the legislature.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Members Of the State Probe Com.
mission will visit the big public i'm.
provements of New Orleans. Some
weeks ago Mayor Behrman invited the
probers to visit the sewerage plant,
the water works and other big mum,
cipal plants of the city. The commits.
sion decided to avail itself Of the in
vitation. Chairman Bule, Senators
Amacker and Wesley Smith and Rep.
resentatives Bouanchaud and Byrne
will make the trip.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

The civil suit of Guy C. Fenner and
others against the Red River, Atchafa-
pSya and Bayou Boeuf Levee Board to
TEST the constitutionality of the act
passed at the last session of the legis.
lature authorizing the levee board to
issue bonds to the amount of $780,
900, was tried in the district court at
Alexandria and Judgment rendered by
Judge Blackman against The plaintiffs.
The case will be appealed to the su.
preme court.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-14

Congressman j. B. Aswell, accom-
panied by Major ]. R. Slattery, of
the United States engineer corps, was
a visitor to Alexandria on a tour
which they r making in order that
Major Slattery can have an opportun.
ity to see Red river and to make a
personal inspection of the stream for
the purpose of improving navigation.
Congressman Aswell is endeavoring
to secure an appropriation Of $780,
900 for it, in order to ensure a naviga.
BILE channel as high as Shreveport.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-25

Apparently she had never wondered
Tor Il moment where the money had
come from. She had no head for
business matters, and had only
vague idea Of what her fathers duties
were at the bank. Wealth had come
suddenly rs the result of long years
of hard work; that was all she knew
about Il, and she was not inquisltivo
regarding the details Of the achieve
meut.
Bue her lack of curiosity as to how
her father had accomplished so much
did not extend to his fellow towns
men. For many q week 1t was the
chief food for gossip among them.
People wondered why Kenyon still
stuck to his twenty hundred dol
lar job in the bank since his rise in
the world. They wondered, too, why
such worried look had come into
his face. There were still other
things that perplexed them. One
was the very evident fact that not
only was Kenyon himself showing
signs of being under a hard strain,
but his daughter, too, was beginning
to look worn and troubled. In the
first flush Of prosperity she had not
shown 1t, but now 1t was rapidly
becoming more and more apparent
She went out less among her
friends, and the entertaining that she
had begun in her new home gradually
came to an end. Before long she was
very seldom seen outside of her own
door. Her father. too. was becoming
silent and dismal. Even the motor
car lay, day after day, in the gar
age without being Use"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-25

brought him no peace of mind, for
he looked more carcworn than ever.
He was not much more than fifty,
but it was plain that old age was
coming over him very rapidly. New
wrinkles had como into his face, and
his hair was fast turning white.
His daughter spoke freely to her
friends about her fathers sudden
prosperity. but she never went into
the details regarding his affairs.
no man ever deserved success
more than he" she said. "He has
worked so hard for so many years,
and yet, with everything against him,
he has always been so ambitious to
get to the top. I was always sure
he would win some time. Year after
year I've told him so. And he would
always say: Yes, Clara. I'll win
out some time. I don't care about
money myself, but / want you to
have ito have all the fine things
that money can buy. You're the
I don't want to sec you dragging
through life without them He
could read me like a book. He knew
all my weaknesses. And he knew
all the time. no matter how hard I
might try to hide it from him, that
I hated to be poor. He knew how I
chafed under It, how l longed for
all the things that more fortunate
fathers could give their daughters.
I'm selfish. frivolous girl, I know,
and now that all this money has
come, and I see how old and Worn
father looks after having worked so
long and 50 hard to get it, I almost
hate myself"