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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-12-25
X. Martin & ais

Mrs. Emily Gallagher Curatrix of
AnatOls Castillo
No. 1855
18th Judicial District Court.
Parish OF st. Martin. State OF Louisiana.
BY virtue of a writ of Fieri-Facias
issued out of the 10Th Judicial District
Court, in and for the Parish of st. Mar
tin, State of Louisiana. In the above en-
titled and numbered suit. dated this 9th
day of Oct. 1915.
have seized and will proceed to sell
at public auction to the last and high
est bidder at the front door of the Court
House, between the legal sale hours I'll
a. m. to o. n.y. in the Town Of St. Mar
tinvills. La, on
Saturday Jan. 18th, 1916,
the following mentioned and described
property. tOwit:
That certain parcel Of land situated at
Anse La Butte in the 4th Ward Of ST..
Martin Parish. La. Measuring Four
Arpent4 more or less front by Five ar
penis in depth Bounded North by land
Of South by land Of
Estate Emile Babin or assign East by
land Of COrbet & Breaux or assign and
West by remaining land of Anatole Cas-
tile inderdict.
Seized as the property Of the said An
atole Castillo intardict to pay and salts
~ said writ. say the sum Of $S47.5O un-
til paid unless the same is Immediately
paid.
Seized to satisfy above writ.
Terms aud cOnditions-cash.
Sheriff's Office this 10th day Of Nov.
A. D. 1915.
WADE O. MARTIN. Sheriff.
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FARM FOR SALE.

FARM FOR SALE.
My property containing "a
acres of land with all improve
ment, situated at the limit of
the Corporation, 8 blocks from
Catholic Church and S blocks
from High school. This pro-
perty is good for a truck farm
or a dairy. For price and
particulars apply to
FRANK BREAUx,
St. Martinville, La.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
| have on my mothers place
near Cade, since about four
months, one Red Bull about
two years old, not branded,
but having a small mark on
the ears.
EMMERSON WASHINGTON,
Dec. II Cades, La.
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aH ERIFF'S SALE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
CURB PUT ON HOTEL CLERKS.
Judge Rules That They Can't Ask
Too Many QuestiOns,

Hotel keepers are not required to
make an inquisitorial investigation into
tho character and condition OF those
seeking admission rs guests. Such a
procedure would naturally be regarded
as isolent and might result not only in
losing legitimate patrons. but inviting
criminal and civil prosecution"
These words were included In an
opinion handed down yesterday In the
West Side Court by Magistrate Breen.
who was hearing "A case against Charles
+. Carol, night clerk of tho Hotel Tray.
more In West Fifty-eighth street, ac-
cused Of letting roons In the hotel for
Immoral purposes. The defendant was
discharged on the grounds that 1t had
not been proved that he knowingly and
willingly admitted couples to his hote'
whom he knew were not lawfully mar,
ried.
"A hotel clerk" continued the Masis,
trate, ''cannot % expected to remember
every face he sees when they number
200 every day. The sly methods USE by
the dotecives In gaining admission I.
the Traynore would no doubt get then
into any hotal In this city"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
Continued from Fret Page.

and Howard Il. French spoke for Phila.
deiphia.
Henry u. Rathbone. representing tho
Hamilton Club Of Chicago. was the
principal speaker for that city. lie
described Chicago as ''thc combined New
York city and Atlantic City of the
West" lie dwelt on 1.-The cooling breesss
from OF the lake"
When Mayor Thompson, who In sus-
pected OF having a Presidential boom,
made an appeal to the sober judgment"
OF the committee n wave Of laughter
swept over the room. Fred W. Upham
closed the case for Chicago by producing
the check for $780, 600.
Thomas Niedringhaus of ~. Louis pre-
scented the case for that city and was
seconded by ex-Msyor G. p, Walbridge,
Caspar Yost, editor OF the Giobc-Dcmo-
crdt. and j. Il. Smith, chairman OF the
finance committee for st. Louis. Mr..
Walbridge chided Chicago because 80
many Republicans in Illinois Joined the
Bull Moose In 1912.
Il. a. Stanton OF Los Angeles. member
OF the Republican committee from Cali
fornia. who led the fight for San Fran
cisco. made II violent attack on the Pro-
giessiv.s. He confessed that he had no
patience with the pink tea" held by the
League of Republican Clubs last night,
In which an olive branch was held out
to the Bull Moose to return to the party.
Members of the Republican National
, Committee who have been striving for
party harmony moved ~neryously in their
seats while Mr.. Stanton urged Repub-
cans 10 put aside the olive branch un-
I'll We Republicans In California can
get n whack at the Bull Moose"
Representative Kahn, who followed
Mr.. stanton. poured oil on the troubled
waters. He admitted he was nxious "a
see the Progressives come back into the
party ranks.
I'VE want the erring brethren" said
Mr.. Kahn. III they do come back ",
will elect our President IL they do no,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
D0NIGAN FINDS HIMSELF.
Louisville Man Missing Three
WeekA Reads Of Alarm.

A newspaper account of n general
alarm sent throughout the country for
him Yesterday uprninx .awoke Henry
Frapcis Donigan. president and general
manager of tho Kentucky Rim and
Shaft Company OF Louisville. KY, to
tho, realisation that no had been wander
ing for three weeks while his friends
sought him
Mr.. Donigan disappeared from his
home on November 90. Nothing more
was heard OF him save a letter which
he posted from the Hotel Albert in this
city soon after his disappearance. 1t
developed yesterday. however. that he
went to Florida. stayed there until last
saturday. when he returned to New
York and put up ut the Hotel Chelsea.
Yesterday morning he read the news
paper aoooun and realized what he had
done.
The Louisville man Immediately called
up DIR. Dwight Hunter. a close friend.
at the Hotel IA Reno and told him OF
his plight. Or, Hunter took Mr.. Doni-
gan to his home. where he diagnosed
the case as q mild loss Of w Bust
ness worries and the loss OF an aunt
who was dear to MIN were ascribed by
DR.. Hunter AZ the cause OF Mr.. Doni-
gan's trouble. He will remain In New
York for a short rest n will go home
In a few days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
WOMAN NEARLY HALTS
SECURITY MEETING
Interrupts Lafayette YOung's
Efficiency Talk--RcsOlu-
tons Also Lost.

Efficiency was the rock on which the
meeting Of the National Security League
yesterday at Hotel Astor was almos,
wrecked. Just at the point where for
mer senator Lafayette Young OF Iowa
had asserted that he had rather be FIRE.
thar efficient Mrs. Anne Nathan Meyer,
In the audience. interrupted him TO say
IL am tired OF all this spreadeagle!sn'
While the Senator was attempting u
regain his poise after this uneypectel
attack she continued: II protest againsi
Senator Young being willing to shambls
along about being free and inefficient
We can be a democracy and yet be a.
efficient as Switzerland m France
There were both applause and Misses
which amounted almost to a riot
Efficiency was again disturbed when 4
was discovered that some one had for
gotten to bring a copy Of tho resolution
calling for a more efficient army ant
navy. which tho meeting was called I,
adopt. Three unsuccessful attempts wer,
made to frame the resolution from
memory. and finally II was decided L
leave the matter TO the discretion OF tn,
executive committee.
The meeting was presided over b,
Joseph X. Choate. honorary president o
tho league. Mr.. Choate said an
convinced that the country Is not pre-
pared TO meet an attack and that tn,
need for national defence 10 unquestlon
able. The whole force Of the nation Il
needed In support Of a vigorous pro
gramme of national defence. Much need
to be done. What II IL ] do not know
1t should be left to the skilled experts o
both branches Of tho service to advis
Congress on what Is needed"
With regard to tho Presidents recen
message to Congress and tho defenc,
against enemies within tho country Mr.
Choate said:
The attention Of the league has no
been attracted yet to u domesti
enemies. The President. however. ha
the army and navy and The power Of III
Government back Of him. and l believ
that he will be able to cope with then
without the resort to arms"
Other speakers besides the former Sen
ator. Mr.. Choate and the extemporaneou
speaker. Mrs. Meyer. were former Sec
rotary of War Henry l.. Stimson, Herr
A. Wise Wood, member of the Nava
Advisory Board J. Mayhem Wainwright
and others.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
LANE ASKS BETTER
COUNTRY SCHOOLS
Large Majority Of 22,OOO,0 900
Students in the Rural
Districts.
WOULD FUND WATERWAYS

WASHINGTON. Dec. l4.-That Ameri-
can schools are not making sufficient
progress is the statement Of Secretary
Lane OF the Department OF the Interior
In his forthcoming annual report. He
describes the coun,ry's $4,000. 900 stu
urges that more attention be paid to
rural schools.
That the tanning OF the rivers OF tho
United States not only is essential for
the economic development OF the country
Is anothe point the Secretary will take
up. recommending the creation OF a COM
mission to devise ways and means tor
providing necessary funds.
The report says In part Education 10
indeed our foremost industry, from
whatever point of view 1t may be re-
garded. Yet ! am assured that 1t has
made less progres than any Of our
other Industries during the past thirty
years.
There is no discussing tho fact that
We have u most difficult problem in the
United States. a majority of our school
children are IN rural schools. Are our
! iNo hoiIl6 NllcAi part VI IIthlTlS
life in the un,r desirable Al am
bilious people will go where education
can be had for their children. The old
fashioned one Dome sohoolhouse, which
holds forty or nifty ungraded pupils.
having but n Jingle teacher who knows
nothing but books, Is not a modern in
%stitution, though great men have issued
from It's door.
1T may be adj that the country can
anord where many schools are main
tanned. but II is not all that the country
can afford II schools arc grouped and
GRADES instituted. The richest State
In tho Union has over 1000 schools Of
this character. wherein the teachers are
paid less than competent farm hands.
The problem Is only one of popular
~i1ation. The experimental work has been
done. We know where the best seed Is.
Hero IL call for the cooperative leader
ship Of the Government In. q work Of
supreme value to the State"
Secretary Lane then turns his atten-
ton to waterway projects. He does not
bear the entire cost Of improvements
which he advocates. and therefore favors
some bonding or credit plan.
How this great work can be carried
on calls for constructive thought, not
merely on the engineering side. but
upon the financial side as to ways and
means by which tho lands reclaimed
shall be made to bear In some degree
the burden of the expense" his report
reads. AS 10 the funds which will be
needed they Mount into such figures as
TO be staggering. and I can see no hope
that this work will be adequately under
taken without the Government advancing
Its credit and investing directly some
Of Its WI funds.
"A commission to devise ways and
means by which the States and private
landowners n tho national Government,
a cooperate In paying for work done
seems to me a more needed body than
n which will report upon engineering
methods"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
CRITICISED IN
Note Does Not Agree with Aus'
trials stand, Say Newspapers.

BERLIN, via London. Dec. 1.-THE
Cologne Gdsette says that the American
statement of facts in the Ancona note
does not correspond with the Austrian
official report. which asserted that the
Ancona was fired upon only after she at
tempted to escape, and that she was
torpedoed only after nifty minutes grace
for saving passengers was allowed
According to this" says the Gazette,
''the measures adopted by the submarine
were adequate to insure the safety OF
the lives of non-combataIts. and the high
phrases of the note regarding humanity
and International law are directed to the
wrong address"
The Post, after commenting on Ameri-
can celebrity In sending the note as con-
trasted with weeks. ana In the case of
the British blockade note even months.
OF delay in inaugurating negotiations
with other Governments. says:
"The reasons may perhaps be sought
In the fact that Congress is now
In session and President Wilson. with a
new Presidential campaign at hand
wishes to garner as much success as
possible for his policy"
Inc ZeitunD an Nfttoo OF Beriir
thinks Il remarkable that the United
states Government has not given a
more careful examination to the facts
before seeking prompt satisfaction for
the American demands"
The Rhenish Westphdltdn Gazette
published at Essen, finds two weak
points In the note-frst, that arrange
ments with one %belligerent. Germany
have no validity for Austria-Hungary
secondly. that firing upon tho Ancona
was the only measure TO prevent the
already attempted flight.
The Gazette expresses the conviction
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
WANTS "R0LL CALL"
TO FIND TRAITORS
Defence Leader Urges Need Of
Sorting True Americans
From Di>loyal.

.,;or., roll Gail ,o ASCERTAIN uho
y "a''o"'' 'o" ''' W ""o,
Is and VINO is not ioEal 10 the ,H''cu
States Is advocated by Henry 4. Wise
Wood chairman of the conference COM
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800 900 90 contr,h,,te 10 tho wei.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
NOT SENTENCED TO NAVY"
Yonkcrs Judge Says Youth, q Va
grant, Asked His Advice.

YoNKERs. N. Y. Dec. l+.-Acting City
Judge Tracy p. Madden. replying to q
request from Commandant X. X. Grant,
". s. N, for facts concerning the news
paper report that as a Magistrate he
gave Tony Ferraro the alternative Of
going to Jail OF entering the navy. ex-
planned thai F%erraro was not a criminal
and had not been charged with theft
but with vagrancy.
Judge Madden wrote that he Informed
Ferraro that no would give him one
week In which to seek employment,
w%hcreupon Ferraro said that he always
had an ambition to go into the navy,
The Judge told Commandant Grant that
he adj vised Ferraro that this was the
best thing any young man could do.
In Sundays issue Of THE Sun It was
sal that Ferraro was "avraigned on u
technical charge Of vagrancy In conneo
ton with chicken theta"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
BERLIN IS

Special Cdbie Despdtch 10 Tnr S..

o. " ".
LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE lates, Berlin
papers received in London show a grow.
ing resentment against the United S,a'es
which the German censorship does ma,
seem to desire to stiflo. as during tie
submarine controversy. The papers are
allowed to print "A wireless message from
New York under date of December ., as.
sorting that public opinion in the United
States IL strongly aroused against G,l.
many as a consequence OF Exaggerated
press reports" alleging violation of neu.
trality and intrigues In Mexico and also
In consequence OF the prosecutions In the
neutrality cases
Count o R%eventlow. writing IN the
Td0esscttun0, says
President Wilson's message, tho no,e
to Austria OF the sinking of the Anrons.
the recall Of the German military and
naval attaches and the apparent CO...
stantly more ~immoderate attacks Of Tie
American newspapers on Germany AM
Germans confront US with the question.
what are the intentions aud objects -
the policy Mr.. Wilson Is pursuing On
these points,
profound astonishment prevails in
this country. II II Impossible TO rep.y
to the question because for some time all
intercourse between the German and
American Governments has been con
Quoted in hermetical secrecy. bu, W. can
not refrain from recalling that hitherto
Germany has met the America com
plants and wishes in an extremely ger.
erous manner One needs only 10 re-
member the temporary abandonment -
submarine warfare against Great Br.ta n
and the various assurances which t'e
German Government ave after -.
| Arabic affair.
IF. as the New York dcpatrhcs ir.
dictate, American demands al. stt,. 20 ha
made on the Lusitania affair. We -.
unable. In view OF all the past events. q.
repress our surprise"
Coun Won Reventlow concludes b. u.s.
sorting that president Wilson, having
lost the support of the Germau An"-'-
cans is trying to capture p|ro-al,y votes"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
80 HELD.
villa seeking Ransom-Grain Pol
sOned by Yaauis.

Ell PAso, Tex. Dec. 14.-Thirty Amer
leans from MADEIRA are being held pris-
oners by villa at chihuahua. reports
from Chihuahua to-day said. The
Americans sent their families out OF
MADEIRA before the arrival OF villa. Ne
gotiations are under way between the
Pearson Lumber Company and villa for
the release OF the prisoners.
Gen. Pablo Sainez. who killed Gen.
Pablo Luna In a duel recently In Juarez.
has been executed for INSTRUMENTATION.
The latest act OF Gen. Saline was to
Kill a Mexican coachman and a woman
while drunk.
villa officials claim to have adv.ces
from the Yaqui Valley in Sonora to the
effect that Carranza troops stationed
there have refused iatly 10 give protec-
ton to Americans from the raids by
Yaqui Indians. A large experimental
station OF the Richardson Construction
Company vas attacked and the superin-
tendent and employees forced to flee
Various grains that could not be carried
off were mixed with poison. records and
instruments were destroyed and the plant
wrecked.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
MEXICAN RAIL SERVICE
4 k SAYS OBSERVER
Trains Run, Graft Abounds, Business Is Paralyzed
and Bread Lines Are Everywhere in Evidence
u. S. Reports Prove False.

erna,ent which seised the railroad prop
critics must pay. ActuAly-ous tnet "
another OF tho problems ahead OF
ranxa.
The accuracy OF the railroad sched-
ules could also have been proftably IN
v~estigated by tho state Department
which could have found from John n.
Silliman. special agent for the United
States with Carranza, some OF the dim-
culties he encountered in a short trip
from Piedras Negras to Hermanos'
where he rejoined the First CHIEF.
II would have learned that after two
days wait Mr.. Silllman boarded a train
at 4:30 A. Ma train without win
dows. lights. upholstery or ever a beil
cord-Hnd finally got under way at .
o'clock, only to stop 70 frequently That
for long stretches burros on the nearby
road were making better time.
II might have been learned that there
were wrecks all along the way and that
1t took the train forty hours TO cover
440 kilometres.
1t might have learned hat days pass
without any passenger trains appearing.
II II had waited until to-day II would
have learned that for two days not a
train moved out OF the capital, in or
over the trunk lines. Service or an
apathetic nature was resumed to-day,
with passengers riding on the cowcatch.
ers Of locomotives. on the roofs and
cl!nglng to the oil tanks.
That Ia a sample of the railroad serv-
Ice which tho State Department appears
to find satisfactory. With the once i'd
mirable railroads In tho hands OF the
military the shipper pay graft rs
meth,dically as he pays the Legitimate
charges, and the graft approximate'
ten times as much as the legitimate
charge. The army's patriots who are
stationed along a railroad n are IN nc
hurry to have tho properties restored.
Dangerous ROadbcds.
The roadbed In In dangerous condition
and there liz "A hopeless shortage 81
equipment. The Mexican Railway. TN
Queens own the beautiful English
built road from Vera n to the capital
formerly had e~ighty-nine locomotives
II now has seven In good working con'
dition.
The losses OF freight cars cannot b
estimated, but the charred remains o'
those visible from the main highway
to the north alone number away up II
the hundreds.
All these facts could have been fur
nished by any government representa-
tive. The Americans and Europeans
and a good many Mexicans as we'll
express surprise at the failure OF tn
state Department to make inquire.
from some one who would know. instead
Of relying on the recognized absurd!tie'
Of the obviously Administration In
formants.
There arrived here last week three
Americans who had seen this statement
in their home towns north OF the Ri
Grnnde, and. convinced that good time'
had come with "A rush and there wa,
ample work available In Mexico. cam
to Mexico city. They OF course fount
no work and appeared at the American
legation to inquire where they were q
find il. The net result was hat the.
received sufficient funds TO take then
back home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
DID YOU GET ANY OF EN-?
u. =. Printed los, .54,7is sheets of
Notes and Bonds In 1918.

WAsHINaroN, Dec. 1.-The tremen
dous volume of currency produced In 1915
Ia disclosed In the annual report OF Di-
rector Ralph Of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing made public to-day.
The report, shows that the bureau dur
ing tho year completed T.1l2,O00 sheets
Of United States notes and certificates
for the Treasurer OF the United States
IS 0 of It's bonds for the division OF
loans and currency of the Treasury De-
partment, l9.l34.4lS sheets ofAnational
hank notes and 1880, 900 OF Federal
reserve notes for the Comptroller of the
Currency.
Mr.. Ralph states that compared with
the deliveries OF the fiscal year 1914
there was an Increase OF 1877 per cent
in national banks and Federal reserve
notes and q decrease OF $50 per cent. ir
United States notes, certificates AND
bonds.
The director discloses that the burea,
already has felt the effect OF the dyestun
anime resulting from the European wa,
and has been forced to utilize some sub
satuts dyes In nT1ntins greeubacks and
yslIoweAnAEA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
MRS., BENEDICT SURE
PREPAREDNESS IS LOST
Vice-Chairman Of WOmcn's
Peace Party Says Congress
Will Defeat 1t.

Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict, vice.
chairman Of the women's Peace party.
who went to Washington last week as a
delekats to the convention OF the Con-
gressional Union for Woman Suffrage.
returned to New York with the firm con-
viction that the preparedness policy Is
going TO have a hard time in Congress.
She spent part Of the week interviewing
Congressnen on peace. and said yester-
day that the leaders Of the opposition to
military expansion are ready for the
tussls.
Congressman Bailey Of Pennsylvania.
CONGRESSMAN Kitchin of South Carolina.
Congressman Heating Of Colorado and
Congressman Taronner. OF Illinois as
sured me tina tho anti-preparedness peo-
ple have every chance of success" she
said. There Is no general demand for
a greater armament. Mr.. Bailey told ne
that not @ labor organization and not a
farmers organization had appealed to
Congress to burden the country with
hi expense.
Societies are springing up to combat
II. One OF the newest Is the Rational
Defence League, just formed in WASH
ington with a committed including Mr..
and Mrs, Benton Mckaye, Mrs, ellison
Gardner and George West Of the Indus
trial Relations Committee, Branches OF
the league will be formed everywhere.
and we hope they will be "A means OF
expression !or the real feelings of the
common people on this matter"
Mrs, Benedict said the Women's Peace
marty was going to use all the money IA