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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-14
JANE Adams IS
MUCH OPPOSED To
PREPARE ONESS
Declares Building More Dread
naughts and EnIisting More
Men in Army Would Be Bad
Example TO World,


Washington. Jan 1.-two sides
Of the military preparedness problem
were heard today by congressional
committees Miss Jane Adams,
president Of the Womons Peace So
cicty OF America, urged the military
committees Of the house and senate
Ia make no increase in the army at
least until the European war Is over
saving the preparedness movement
was due to panic on account of the
war When she left the house COM
mttcc room. Major General Bliss as
sistant chief Of staff, resumed his
statement as military expert in IA
vor Of The administrations army
plans
Defense Unnecessary
Miss Adams arguing that II would
be foolish 10 build more dread
naughts until 1t was known whether
they were Of any use, suggested that
"a commission be created to study
army ana navy efficiency and also 10
look into the motives and Interests Of
those urging heavier armament for
the nation. Preparation against a
Hypothetical enemy" she said, was
needless and The United States should
be prepared To lead with clean hands
the movement for reduction Of arm
nmenta which she thought must fol-
low the grent war.
General Bliss told the house com
mIttoc that American plants could
build 200 aeroplanes a month and
that there was no immediate neees-
sity or increasing the army aircraft
fleet except to equip the new aero
squadrons proposed in the depart
mcfts plans He believed balanced
organization with proportions Of all
arms of the service was the vital
need Of the army.
Replying h question General
bliss said 1t was impossible 70 de-
iermine the relative value OF the ma
yy, coast artillery or the mobile army
In any plan Of defense II would be
as cnsy, he sald. to decide which was
most necessary to the body, the heart,
lungs or brain.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-14
MORE MURDERS BY
VILLA MEN REPORTED
FROM ACROSS BORDER
lContInued from rage Onel

Continued From Page une.D
N~~~~~-~~~-~-~-~-~~~~~~~~~ ~-~~~~~~~~~~~~--~~~--~
men insisted upon attaching their
names
Miguel Dlaz Lombardo. former min
lister of foreign affairs in the villa
cabinet who never renowned his af-
filiation, and General Jose Prieto were
arrested on q charge of vagrancy and
held under $1,000 bond. Commenting
on The arrests, Captain D. Greet, Of
the III Paso police, said Every villa
leader in FL Paso will be run out of
town
A double funeral for f. L. Robinson,
said to have been British subject,
and Maurice Anderson, two of the
Santa Ysabcl victims. was held this
afternoon. Services for other FL Paso
victims will be held later and tonight
several of the bodies were ready for
shipment or had been forwarded to
homes in other cities. These arrange
ments included George w. Newman
to kecne, n. H., Alexander HALL to
Douglas. Ariz; G. A. Pringle to San
Francisco; a. II. Couch, said to be
Canadian citizen, to Barnhart, Texas;
w. ID Pierce to Los Angeles. and II.
c. Iiasse to Kansas city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Total Cost. ....$.. OFT

The net profit per quart Of such milk during said
period was approximately only Il cent? s OOPS
Percentage of Profit Net Sales ......325%
We are told by of friends that while they
believe the truth of these figures most people dis
count them coming from a partial source and we
read in an evening newspaper editorial in which
the writer nferentially the short and ugly word
and publishes the fact that we have a preferred
capital stock of 81, 100000 which we pay go
and SCI 100000 of common stock, which we
pay go, positive proof that the statement we
made as to our profits is not to be relied upon
ignoring the question to whether there were any
profits from the other branch of our business which
includes the making and selling of condensed and
evaporated milk and other products The two
branches separate and distinct they were
owned and operated by separate corporations. The
markets different the problems are different, the
channels and processes of distribution are different
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-06

are now boys and girls wearing
homespun and hand.me downs,
and not the gilded youth clad in
purple and fine linen and faring
sumptuously everyday. This is a
poor mans chance. 1t is open to
all" work and you will win.''
You can do what others have
done. You can rise to the top of
any profession, becme a ruling
factor in the business, political
and social life of the nation.
JUST make the start and you will
be kept going. You must possess
one requirement in order to sue
coed, and that is a determination
to WIN.
Just say to yourself, Il will
succoed!' Indecision has spelled
the ruin OF many a one who
could have been leader if they
only would. Decide now to bt
come trained, and you will be
aided in reaching the goal. There
can be no victory without a battle,
The battle will be more than half
won when you make the start.
Time flies! Today we resolve
tomorrow tile act is still undOne;
a week flies by, then a month, a
year, and our reSolutl N Is but a
fleeting haif-WiIIed thought Of the
past. 1t is 50 easy to postpone
definite action many A one has
drifted into the winter of his life
10 better fitted for its battles than
when he made the start. Just
remember that today you have
ambition, strength, and opportuni-
| ty. Don't drift over the summit
Of your capacity and power when
you strike the downward slope it
is too late to turn back. Don't let
old age find you iii the unframed
class looking back on lost oppor-
tunitles-a burden to family and
friends. Make the most Of your
opportunities, Accomplish while
your powers are strongest. The
world today is looking for boys
and girls with ability plus relia.
bility.
IDA EDWARDS,
Mt. Hermon, La.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Era Club to Fight Tubcrcu
lOSis in State.

Plans for Il statewide cam
paign against tuberculosis If
which mass meetings, slides, lee
lures and appeals to churches anc
schools will figure, were discuss
ed at a meeting Of Era Club mem
bers and others Thursday after
noon in the headquarters of the
Southern States Suffrage Con-
ference, At Camp Street.
The Era Club will be the chief
ally of the Louisiana Antl-Tu-
bercult sis League in the coming
campaign, Activities will begin
in New CLEANS with meetings in
Lafayette Square, Palmer Park
jackson Square and McCarty
Square. The plan is to organize
the city by wards and precincts
for the fight against tuberculosis,
and to obtain pledges of 70 cents
from persons interested in stamp
ing out the disease.
After the city has been attend.
ed to, the state will be taken par
ish by parish, and line up for
the fight. Those in charge Of
the movement are working on the
theory, expressed by tuberculosis
authorities, that the disease can
be entirely exterminated i'll TWEEN
ty years.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-06

No friendly wind will pilot you
into the harbor Of success. What
is your aim in life? Whittier are
you drifting? DO not allow your
self to drift into the cove of in
activity. The'penaIty of aimIess
drifting is to become "ne'er do
WE'LL You should realize that
the world permits YOU to drift the
way you make up your mind to
GO. If your aim is in no partlcu-
lar direction, yon may become a
"just my luck" sort Of a person.
with no definite purpose Talk"
)mmand of yourself. Before
You step. look ahead; before yon
act, plan, and take definite AIM
"There is tide in the affairs of
young men and women, when
taken at the right time leads on
to fortune.
Young men and women who in
tend TO make a success IN life
have no time 10 lose. Each ore
must be ready when the tide
comes his way. Prepare for it in
advance. Trust no future, how.
ever pleasant. There are golden
opportunities, will you avail your
selves of them? Catch the first
opportunity that comes your way
because it may he Dotn first and
last, no one can ForeIpIl the fu-
ture. Neglected opportunities
are big ht=d hopes. society Is
reinforced from the bottom and
not from the top. Families die
out, fortunes tre dispersed, the
recruits come from the farm, the
forge, and the worhsh ~, and not
from the club and the palace.
Those who will control the des-
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-06
Registration Notice.

In accor' dance with Section % OF
Act No, SO bf the General Assembl,
of the State of Louisiana, approved
July 1. 1908, and Section No. 2 Of ACT
No. 2l2 of 1912. will open the regis.
tratlon books at "a! the voting pre-
cincts in the Parish Washington,
State Of ouisiana, for ',e purpose VI!
registering all qlalih voters who
have not Leretof re been registered
under existing laws, on the following
dates, tO-Wit:
Ward /, Precinct 1, Boutwell, (FalIah
School House,, July 10. 1916.
Ward 9, Precinct /, Burkhalter and
Magee Mill. July II, 1916.
Ward ?, Precinct /, Mt. Hermon,
July y, 1916.
Ward 8, Precinct ?, Warnerton.
July 10, 1916.
Ward s, Precinct 1, Hackley, July
II, 1916.
Ward T, Precinct 2, Popeville, July
Is, 1916.
Ward 5, Precinct 2, Sheridan, July
l., 1918.
Ward 6, Precinct l, Enon, July IS,
Ward 6, Precinct 2, Isabel, July l9.
1916.
Ward 4, Precinct /. Bogausa, City
Hall. July 20, 1916.
Ward 4, Precinct ., Bogalusa, Col
onial Hotel, July p, 1915.
Ward 4, Precinct 3, Rio, July %,
Ward 5, Precinct /, Varnado, July
"a, 1915.
Ward :, precinct !, Angie, July %,
1916.
This June 20, 1916.
M. A. Thigpen,
Clerk of Court and Ex-Otficio Regis
tar OF Voters.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-06

When Arson James of Della
ware, OHIO, went to f. u hi, 81
pigs he found 90 of them minu,
tails. The 5tst porker was fra
tically chasing his own tail, VII.
his mouth vide open. ''That
pig said James, pointing at
No. 81, 'chewed the tails off the
others. | guess he was trying to
bite his own tail off to establish
an alibi
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-06

make it out to Sears RoehucIi &
Company, please sir, aa.. t
send for this list of articles THEY
ADVERTISE IN THEIR CATA-
Log
Mr.. Brown glanced over the
list, and, looking up, said to his
customer:
but, why do you send off for
these things, when | have them
here for sale, and for less money
than you are going to pay for
Them"
swell, | vow!" said the custo-
mer.' | have been trading here
a long time, but never knew be-
fore that you kept these things
in your store. Let me see them.'
Of course, the check did not 90,
and these (and several other
articles) were purchased from
Mr.. Brown. That was enough
to thoroughly convert Mr.. Brown. ;
said MIR. Turner, land since that
time, nv house has never had
any trouble in getting a mailing
list from him."
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-06
Notice. i expect to apply for
pardon. James Warren.
NEW ORLEANS. LA.

Notice--SeAed bids will be re
ceived by the Parish School
Board of Washington Parish. for
the building Of the three room
schools at F'aIiah and Sheridan
Plans and specifications are on
file in the Office Of the said board
in the town of Franklintnn
Bids will be received until y
O'Clock noon Thursday July the
9Th, at which time all bids will
be opened and examined bv the
school board. The board re-
serves the rlgat to reject any
and all bids.
D. i, Strlpgheld, Svpt
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-06

SdUU WdN' '"It ~ I'l7
at the principal front door of the court
house at Franklinton, La, between
tn legal sale hours for judicial sales.
the following described property to-
wit:
All the virile snare or right, tit,e
and interest of 4 G. Williams in and
to the succession or estate Of his de-
ceased father, NJ. G. Williams.
Terms of sale: Cash with benefit OF
appralsement.
This the 18th day Of June, 1916.
J, Z. Batepan, Sheriff.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-07-06
New Orleans
Great Northern
Railroad.
EXCURSION and Week. end Fares,

"ces end fares from above points
20 view Orleans and return, going
day. "''''
tof further particulars call on agents
Or write ID, j. Mcmahon, 6, PA.
New Orleans,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05

The ran~satantic flight OF Rodfnan
Wanamaker's new America may be post
posled unit after the war. The fact
became known yesterday, when Lord
Northcline announced that the London
Daily Moirs prize Of $4,000 for the
first aerial passage between America
and Great Britain cannot be awarded
until after the cessation Of hostilities.
The Aero Club OF America, az soon
as MIR. Wanamaker's project was an
nounced. cabled to Lord Northclihe TO
ask IL his prize. offered March 81. 1915,
were still open. Lord Northcline's Ia
comic reply was: ~"Yes-after the war"
William Cash. Mr.. Wanamaker's per-
sonal representative here, made II plain
that the possibility of postponing the
venture IN not due 60 inability TO win
the Daily MATHS prize. The honor or
organizing the first flight will be enough
for the Philadelphia man. Hut there
are other handicaps which may make
the ~postponement advisable. The IAN
gers of entering Europe at the pres
ent time are considerable. and II Is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
VICTORY FOR l.
"Prepa redness" BiIis for schools
Fixed 10 Meet His Approval.

ALBANY. April A-That Commissioner
Of Education John II. Finley has won
a decisive victory on preparedness in
the hoo Of the State WAS indicated
to-day when he sent to all su%pcrintcnd-
ents and principals Of schools and acad-
cmies under his jurisdiction letters IN
dorsing ono Of the two bills into which
the proposition has been divided and in
dicating that he had no objection to
the other.
mo more important constructive leg
islation has been presented this session"
declared Dr, Finley of n bill providing
for compulsory physical training for all
pupils over eight years OF age.
From the beginning Of the agitation.
started when A~ssemblyman Clarence T..
Welsh Of Albany introduced Il hill for
physical and military training in the
schools, br. Finley has opposed the in
PRODUCTION Of military drill directly. Az
ter various amendments the programme
in its final approved form now consists
Of "A hill for the physical training under
the direction of the Regents and another
providing FOR a compulsory military
training camp during the summer for all
boys " the ages Of 10 and 10.
Tho latter bill IL not vet in lis final
form, but il is declared IL will mce,
the ideas of Dr. Finley in that military
drill should pc made compulsory for
all boys. IL for any. and should be kent
entirely from the schools.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
OVER OCEAN FLIGHT MAY
WAIT TILL END OF WAR
London Daily Nails" Prize Of $4,000 Cannot Be
Awarded Until After Cessation of Hostilities,
but Work on Plane Will Be Pushed.

known that MIR. Nanamaker has q
strong desire to obtain Commander
Porte as pilot. As the young Irish
aviator is nov plotting the first America
as a British warplanc. II Is doubtful III
his release can be obtained for the
trip during the war.
The work Of constructing the huge
triplane will go on. nevertheless. and not
until IL IL completed n tested will the
question Of the time for the flight be con-
sidered. At present the machine is all
most entirely on paper. The boat body Is
TO be built at the Burgess plant at Mar
blehead. Mass, and the engine and other
parts at the Curtiss factory at Bunal
Not until the new America is finished
will the details of construction be known.
The designers intend to keep such mat
teIs secret, for personal r%easons, until
then.
The six motors for the big ttiplane are
TO be an elaboration OF the new Curtis3
w. II wac this motor hat enabled Nic-
tor Carlstrom to make his flight from
Toronto to New York last fall, "A distance
OF 600 miles, In six hours and forty
minutes. The original N-N, however. is
an eight cylinder motor rated at 100
horsepower. Curtiss. by adding four
more cylinders. has evolved "A motor of
600 horsepower.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
SEIZE MILK
PLANT; TO ASK TROOPS
Strike Cuts Chicago Supply In
~Minimum-BOrdcn EStab.
lishments Close.

CHICAGO. April 4-Scizuro hy f,rm,..
in the milk district of Har,ltud. ~
near the Wisconsin State line, of , lave.
bottling plant owned Ivy the Bopm,,
Dairy Company has prompted the II
nois MIX Dealers Association 20 lcr,,,.
to call on Gov. Dunno for State rnir,I,
tn, protect their property and check IN.
milk riots In northern Illinois and sou,h
ern Wisconsin. The dealers make o..
charge that the stieriffs. being dcpcnde,
on the votes Of the farmers. are lax u,
their duty of protecting the property ~
Chicago business concerns.
The farmers in the IIartland diSri,,
took possession of the bDttling vorl.
drove the employees out, locked Tia
doors and carried the keys away af,c,
turning back more than a dozen farm.-.
who attempted TO make deliveries.
Following the Ifartland incident SUI,
John j. Fitzpatrick Of the Borden con.
denscd MIX Company ordered tina, tina
Borden plants at R,dgeheid and Woo..
stock be closed while the strike IS ar
In the Fox and Desplaines River DIS
trS'ts only minor disturbances were re-.
ported.
The dealers admitted tonight tina. ~.
grip OF the farmers on the milk snpDly
of Chicago WAS tightening. At a doz.a
or more stations no milk had been -.
cciyed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
ASSEMBLY PASSES
WAR STRENGTH BILL
Pavcs Way for Guard Veterans
in Mexico. IL Called to
Service.
AMEND "PRESCRIPT1ON"

ALBANY. April A-The legislative
preparedness programme is in full
swing. Tomorrow the National Guard
prescription measure Of Chairman
Stiver~ Of the Senate Military Affairs
Committee will he amended 20 MS to
make the preparation of an enrolment
and draft list of reserve militiamen per-
mlssiNc with the Governor instead OF
compulsory.
To-day the hill % Chairman kincaid
or the Assembly Military Affairs Conn
mit,ee providing $500 600 for the mo-
bilization of the entire National Guard
Of the state was amended SO as TO pre-
vent the purchase Of any new land by
the state for the mobilization camp.
The Assembly passed two other pre-
paredness bills 10y Assemblyman Kincaid
and a new hill was introduced by Sena-
tor Stivers reorganizing the signal
Corps OF the National Guard.
The Sti,ers prescription bill In .is
call for volunteers or to make drafts
from the lie; OF eligible men IN the re-
serve milit 4 In order to raise the fun
complement Of the National Guard. 4
provision in the orlsinel hill that the
Governor mus; as soot. as possible after
August ] this year prepare an enrol
ment and drstt H., and every year in
August thereafter is omitted from the
new bill. The preparation Of the list Is
N the option Of the Governor. whea
necessary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
FEAR SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS
Hoard Of Education In Answer to
suit Tells 81 Dancer.

The Board Of Education may he en-
barrassed in providing sufficient teachers
in the public schools, according to dis
closures made yesterday when Supreme
Court Justice Blur heard on
an application to continue "A temporary
injunction granted by Justice DonnelIy
last January to restrain the board from
placing several hundred teachers of
special subjects in line for appointments
To higher elementary sri,vui grades.
The proceeding was brought in behalf
of Selma Hammcrgr"n. u regular teacher
The board through Assistant Corporation
counse Mcintyre rontcndrd that the
regular teachers would not suffer. since
the designation of special teachers to
act as class teachers would not remove
them from tn" subjects in which they
are experts, but would give them respon.
sibility for the conduct of pupils in class
rooms and during assembly and dismis-
sal, lie added that If the injunction is
vacated the board would be- saved from
embarrassment which would arise MS I'm,
result of "a shortage Of teachers, coupIcd
with the fact that the appropriations are
nov cut 50 low II iS imp"sii'le Ia rurpIy
more teachers.
The court reserved decision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
ERRNG WIFE TRIED SUICIDE.
Qu"gur Man Learned Of ira al
hen " oman Inhaled GRS.

Mr.. Marjorie Anna Warner. wife Of
Frank l. Narn"' a shipping agent az
Quueue. /. /. disclosed to her husband
tgdt she WIS living with another man
by attempting to commit suicide by liz
hdlug gas ia Philadelphia ON Scp;embc-
- last. Mrs, Warner recovered. hut -
now defendant in a divorce sui I'm
which George y. Griffin is named as CO.
respondent.
These facts were stated yesterday in
an Application to Supreme Court Jus
tee hluiztk FOR a commission to- talk.
the testimony OF witnesses In phii.tiel-
phia, 1t - alleged that Mis-. Warner
and Griffin lived together as NJ. and
Mrs. Frank -. Warner in a boarding
house at 23S North Twelfth street from
August - To November 20 last. one
Nesired witness j. Policeman John ".
Rodgers. who made affidavit that he was
called in when Mrs. Warner was found
unconscious from ghs aid sen her to a
hospital, although the man with her. who
represented himself as her husband.
objected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
N. Y. BUDGET $50, 900. 900.
Wall street Expcctcd ~ Help Pay
u Good share.

ALBANY. April 4.-chairman Sage ~
tho Senate Finance Committee, II
Chairman Maicr of the Assembly Ways
and Means Committee are expected to
introduce Tomorrow the annual appro-
priation bill. II was said to-day that
state Comptroller Travis is expecting q
larger return from the stock transfer
tax than at first estimated. The activity
in Wall Street has resulted in an in
crasse which may amount TO $4,000. 900
more than the first estimates. with
this in mind. il was suggested that the
direct tax anticipated by legislative lead
ers may he greatly lesscncd if not done
with entirely.
The appropriation hill carries between
$40, 900 900 and $50, 900, 0o0. II does not
now include appropriations for the State
con~stabulary, 100000 for mobilization
OF the National Guard, money to put
into effect provisions of the military and
physical training hill in schools and for
boys Of the state. and a few other propo-
sltions which have not been definitely
passed upon by the Legislature.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
NO TRACE FOUND OF
MISSING ALMA MYERS
Slight Clues Prove FruitlpsS.
but Police Still Hope
to Find Her.

No definite trace OF Alma Fuller
Myers. the twenty-year-old girl of East
Orange. n. j., who disappeared on Sat
urday night, was found Yesterday.
The police searched Canarsie for her.
but without success. following "a report
by Emil Miele of 200 Blocker street.
Brooklyn. that he had seen a girl
resembling her walking along Ellison's
dock, Canarsie. on Sunday.
Lieut. Grant Williams of the bureau
OF missing persons, to whom Mi.le re-
peated his story. said that he ma
have mistaken another girl for Miss
Myers. The lieutenant did not place
much reliance in the stories of two
men, whose names he withheld. who said
yesterday hat they had seen the girl
on southbound Madison avenue surface
cars.
The girls pastor. the Rev. y. &. Dom
nell of 81. Thomas's Episcopal Church.
Newark. declared that he and other
friends of Miss Myers were stfll of the
play. but Lieut.. Williams was inclined
to think hat she had left home for
some trivial cause.
Lieut.. Williams did not think Il second
person was involved In the girls dis
appearance. At the insurance office OF
BENJAMIN & Hastings, 80 Maiden lane.
with which her father is connected. IL
was said that Charles Myers had left
with his wife for a rest at Atlantic
city on Monday night. Lieut.. VIII
Jams said that Mr.. Myers had been
10 see him yesterday and reported that
he had received no WORD from his
daughter.