The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-24
NEWS MULTUM IN
PARVO


@The Pope summoned a consistory of
the&0 Catholic church at which he will
explain his stand on the war.
The siege of Matamoras was aban-
doned by Villa troops.
Seven Russian officers and 1425 men
were captured by Austrians in fighting
near Enagypolany.
The funeral of Nelson w. Aldrich,
former United States Senator, took
place Sunday at Providence, R. I.
Mayor Carter Harrison, about to re-
tire, said vice segregation was fail
|ure, and advocated public ownership OF
public utilities.
Ten dollars will be the cost OF ap.
pealing any cotton dispute to the secre-
tary of agriculture under the new
futures law.
Luxembourg filed vigorous protest
against the continued violation Of her
neutrality by Germany.
Austria began moving her troops to
her Tyrol border, in anticipation Of
invasion by Italy
Germany was reported to have ask"
ed Belgium if she would keep neutral
during the rest of the war, provided
Germany evacuates her territory
The British steamer Ptarmigan was
torpedoed by German submarine, and
eight of her crew drowned.
Great Britain offered a complete
apology for the sinking Of the German
cruiser Dresden in Chilean territorial
waters.
All Holland was enraged by the sink
ing of the steamer Katwyk by sub
marine.
Washington officially honored the
memory of President Lincoln.
Plans for keeping out the pink boil
weevil were discussed at a conference
called by the Department of Agricul-
ture April 20.
That charity is but cloak used by
the rich to hide the evils of the body
polite, was the assertion Of Prof
Kennedy, of the University of Chicago
to the Federal Industrial Relations
Commission.
Boyce & Co., purchasers of cotton
owned by the State of Mississippi,
agreed to ship the cotton to England
on the steamer Huso and court action
by the ship owners was dropped.
Many Mexican chiefs arrived in New
Orleans on their way to Vera Cruz to
attend military conference of Car
rama leaders.
Raids of Zeppelins and aeroplanes
over eastern England failed to do much
damage.
An air raid by French avIators into
the region around Metz resulted in the
destruction of German arsenal.
Women socialists from the warning
nations met secretly in Switzerland
and demanded that the war cease.
Harry X. Thaw was ordered back to
his cell in Matteawan asylum.
That he will oppose the plan to have
Gen. Gorgas go to Serbia for the Rookie
Teller Foundation, was announced by
Secretary Garrison.
Two victories in South Africa were
reported by the French war office.
Efforts by the Germans to retake
Hill so failed utterly, the attacks break
ing down under the guns of the Allies
More than 100000 men are now in
the British lines in Flanders and
France, said Lloyd George.
Secretary Bryan made public the
governments reply to the German note
protesting against the American traffic
in munitions of war with the Allies.
The Mexican consul offered apologies
for the firing upon an American aero
plane by Carranza soldiers.
Despite efforts of attorney for Will
liam Barnes, Col Roosevelt managed
to get into the record of the libel suit
most of his story of boss-ridden politics
of the Empire State.
The police of New Orleans found
Jose Martinez, the kidnapped child
Wednesday of last week, and arrested
Bertha Morris Williams, fortune tel.
Ter, who says she is an Indian.
German indendiary shells fell upon
the French cathedral town OF Rheims,
doing much damage