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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-05-13
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY.
Major Victor Maurin Camp 70 Hold
Appropriate Exercises June 8.

Major Victor Camp No. 50, U. c.
/ v. met last Sunday in regular month
/ " session, at the courthouse, with
1 Quartermaster Felix S. Leblanc pre-
/ siding in the absence of the COM
mander. Adjutant Edmund Maurin
called the roll, showing a quorum
present.
Rev. G.. M. Chambon, sreetor of the
Catholic church, was elected chaplain
of the camp and the following COM
mittee was appointed to notify the
reverend gentleman: Comrades A. d.
Vega, John Richard, August Barber
and Theodule Leblanc. The COM
! mittee was also instructed to make
arrangements for requiem mass on
Confederate memorial day, June 3
next.
The following new members were
elected: Fernand J. Leblanc, L. B.
Landry, Edward Barber, sons of
veterans.
The Assumption Pioneer and Dom
aldsonville Chief were requested to
publish the proceedings of all meet
ings.
The following sons Of veterans
were invited to participate in the ex-
ercises on memorial day: J.Y San
ders, Charles A. Holcombe. Amos
Ponder, r.. Fl. Gilbert, Sam. A. Lee
Blanc, B. j. Vega. George S. Guion
and Louis LeBourg
It was moved and adopted that the
speakers be requested to deliver adj
dresses appropriate to the occasion.
The adjutant was instructed to for
ward written invitations to the gen
tlemen named
The u. D. G., the Jessamines and
the Ladies Monument Association
were unanimously invited to partici-
pate in the memorial exercises and to
make the same arrangements as last
year.
Relatives and friends of deceased
comrades are particularly requested
to send flowers for decorating the
camp tomb on memorial day. The
names of ninety departed veterans
are inscribed on the tomb.
Comrades A. D. Vega and Ursin
LeBoeuf were elected delegates to the
general reunion Of the u. G. ", to be
held in Birmingham, Ala, May 1918.
Comrades August Barber and John
Richard We're appointed alternate del
egates.
The camp adjourned to Saturday,
June 8, at 9 a. m.
F. S. LEBLANC,
Acting Commander
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-05-13
FOR SALE

TWO CARS OF MIXED HAY at 50 per ton
4 f. o. b. Frisco Railroad
THOS. III. HEWES, Oscar. La.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
JAPANESE IS CHARMED
WITH AMERICAN FROGS
Delights In Their Bog sorgs As We'll
As Flavor Up Thes
Legn.

Storrs. Conn. March 11--There 10
q possibility that Yale's famous "Brek.
ke-ke-kax' yell, which IL supposed to
be ths adaptation of the frog chorus
from Aristophanes, may be improved
upon, IL the Investigations In frogoi-
ogy. now being carried, ON in Japan
by Kenio Inoye. member OF the class
Of 1911, Connecticut. Agricuiturai Sos-
lege, are q success.
Inoye. who was called to his native
land in April. 1911. to serve In the
Japanese army. writes that upon his
completion of military service he in
tends to return and take q course at
Yale. Upon his return Inoys had ship
ned to Japan, along with some Hol-
stein and Jersey cattle, q Morgan stall
Hon and mare, and some American
bred poultry, a small aquarium con-
tanning 200 frogs. of the American
variety.
While at the Connecticut college he
often spent his spare hours IN CATCH
ing frogs. He became addicted to eat
ing frogs legs and made several
trips to high-class restaurants in New
York. to try the deiicacy under treat
ment OF the best chefs.
But most Of all Inoye was interest
ed In the frog songs. He would listen
for hours to the 'Kerchunks" and
other more musical ebuittions of the
frogs in the boys and mill ponds. He
marveled at the tonal ability of the
windham frogs and wondered why
the red frogs Of his native land were
unable to equal the local genus In
noise making. He says:
lover half the frogs have died. But
the rest have done well and are suc-
cessfuliy crossed with the red frogs
Of Japan. The cross has increased
the native frogs. made color less red
and more green-red. but they have the
American, what you call the full tone
Of voice, Will be years before the legs
eat as good as New york's Delmoni-
co.'s. but i feel at ease. AZ they are
now acciimated."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
FRIEND GOT HIS CHINA
At A POSTAL AUCTION

San Francisco, March 12.-The 'old
horse' sales at the postoffice have
some strange results. Two neighbort
out on Dolores Street have q night,
laugh over the prank that fate, In
conjunction with the "oid horse, "
played on them at the last cleaning
up OF uncalled-for articles by the post
master.
A man who will be called Brown
(postal regulations forbid disclosing
his IDENTIFY is q regular bidder al
the auctions. He has really carried a
number Of bargains to his Dolores
Street home. as his wife has been
compelled to admit. At the last sale
he purchased a set of china. His bet
ter half went into raptures over the
delicate cups. saucers. milk pitcher
each prsttily ornamented with wild
roses.
Smith lives next door 20 Brown. He
had been expecting q set of china
from q relative in San DIEGO. He had
been advised some months before that
the set had been sent by man. But
1t never came.
The next night Smith called on
Brown. The purchaser OF the china
at the postal auction. filled with pride
at paying only - for q SIC set. hur-
ried the caller into the dining room
where the china was spread out on q
table,
see what I picked mp down at the
postoffice: aren't they beauties?" ex-
claimed the proud possessor.
His friend agreed. But an odd look
came over hts face Where had he
seen these dishes before9 Had he
ever seen them? Surreptitiously he
pulled n slip of paper from his pocket
Sure enough. thsy locked like the
dishes that had been lost In the mail
The pieces before him Tailed perfect
~ with the description received from
San Diego. AS gently ~ he could he
told his neighbor about the straytng
of his set of dishes. He even limited
that the very china on the table
might be the missing set
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
GLASS Of SALTS
CLEANS KIDNEYS
IF YOUR BACK HURTS OR BIAAD.
DER BOTHERS YOU, DRINK
LOTS OF WATER.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore. don't get scared ana
proceed to load your stomach with 9
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and frritate the entire urinary tract
Keep your kidneys clean like you
keep your bowels clean. by flushing
them with mild. harmless salts
which removes the bodys urinous
waste and stimulates them to their
normal activity. The function OF
the kidneys is to hlter the blood. In
"a hours they strain from 1t 500
grains of acid and waste, so we can
readily understand the vital I'm
portancs OF keeping the kidneys &C.
tive.
Drink lots OF water-you can't
drink too much; also get from any
pharmacist about four ounces of Jad
Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast each morn
ing for a few days and your KID
neys win act fine. This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon Juice. combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations to
clean and stimulate clogged kidneys;
also to neutralize the acids In urine
SO 1t no longer Is source OF irrita-
ton, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive: cannot
injure: makes a delightful efferves-
cent lithia water drink which every
one should take now and then to
keep their kidneys clean and active.
Try this; also keep up the water
drinking, and no doubt you will won
der what became of your kidney
trouble and backache.---Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
FOLLOWING GOLD CRAZE
ARIz0RA TOWN JUMPS
Oatman's Population In Siy Months
Goes from 300 TO 1000
Persons.

oatman. Ariz., March 1s.-six
months ago Oatman had less than
800 population. Today 1t has 1000,
and expects to double in size In the
next half year. This Ia the marvel
which the discovery OF gold here in
the desert has wrought.
Last summer half q dozen mines
were being worked in u desultry man
ner.
Today more than seventy-five corpo-
rations equipped with powerful hoist
Ing plants, air compressors and ma
chine drills are opening up the great
vein system of the district to depth,
In places, of 1000 feet. Work goes
on night and day.
Oatman today has number Of
three-story houses. electric light and
water systems, picture shows and
cabarets, and twenty-five automobile
stages which run daily from Needles,
Cal, on the southeast. into the district.
There are also twenty automobiles
running from Kingman, Ariz.. on the
East. the shipping point for the min
ing timber and machinery.
Oatman takes it's name from Ollie
Oatman. a white girl who was cap
tured by the Indians in the early COS.
The Oatman family. consisting of the
father, wife and two daughters, were
attached to an emigrant train en- route
from Missouri to Southern Oregon,
and were following what was then
known as the Old Sante Fe tail.
The Oatman family had a disa-
greement with some of the people in
the emigrant train, and. notwithstand-
ing that they knew there we're hostile
Indians all around them, they and
another family started off by them
selves. Three days afterward, Dat.
man, his wife and the members of
the other family were massacred.
Ollie and her sister were left alive
and were carried into captivity by the
Indians Six months later. the young
err sister, frail girl, died
The United States Government be-
came interested In the case of Ollie
Oatman. and for ten or twelve years
used every means to rescue her. FL
nally. 1t was agreed by the Indians
that they would leave Ollie at what
was later called Oatman Springs, a
half-mile from the town of Oatman,
where she was found by United States
soldiers and taken to Fort Mojave.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
DECENT MALES OBJECT
To IMMOOtSI GOWNS
New York Ideas On Modern Style
Dresses for Fashionable
Girls.

New York, March 13.-''How low
may have my dress cut?" Is the
burning question OF the day among
Column bia University girls, The junior
class has resolved that some OF the
collegians are going too far, and nn
informal censorship has been put in
force.
Just to give the indiscreet ones who
show a bit too much OF pink shoulder
warning, Miss Lucetta Daniel. SO
ciaI director of Teachers College, ex-
planned what the dress reformers are
getting at as follows:
Simplicity, smartness and neatn @Ss
these we prize and leave untouched.
But we object to the sleeveless
evening gown, We do not ask that
the young ladies cover their pretty
necks and arms. That would be a
shame. For to me there is nothing
more charming than a young girl in
an attractive, modestly-cut, low gown.
at is not right, however. for her
to appear with gentlemen in a sleeve
less gown with just filmy scarf of
tulle over her shoulders. The mem
that is. the right sort or men-are the
first to object to and criticise suon
an exposure OF the upper part OF the
body
Another fashion which seems to be
gaining In popularity is the wearing
OF afternoon frocks cut low enough
for evening wear. There has been a
growing tendency on the part of some
of the girls TO appear at teas and in
formal functions In dancing frocks
and shoulder coverings OF tulle.'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
.HEIRESS FINDS HER =
BROTHER IN A NINE
HAS Been Working In New Mcdcs
Although He shares In Largo
Estate. -

Chicago, ILL.,. March 13.--Miss Fran 80
ces McGovern. who. upon the death Of
her stepfather, inherited 100000
estate, has received word that her
brother, Edward McGoyern, whom
she has not seen for twenty years, Ia
in New Mexico. He has been working
in mine. .-~. .ss.,
AZ soon as Miss McGovern was 80,
notified that she had inherited, the - y
money a nationwide search for the -
missing man was started. Under tha. = II
terms of the will the brother Is heir Mis-.
to half the estate
II couldn't believe It at first" said Js,s
Miss McGovern. Then l received a. 1eF.
letter from an aunt in Big Cabin
Okla, confirming the good newss@ A1arF
lust sat down and cried - 80. no,
Miss McGovern will leave for ST tfas
Louis soon to meet her brother there ..siss
There is to be a celeb%stion at which, y
she says 1.-The fatted calf will be slain 81.
with a ven geance." H'F'1 r rs
II don't think shall know Just how
to act" she said, mot having seen 81
him for so long, but / suppose that
we soon will be the same sort OFFS"
chums we used to be"
They will return to Chicago alters =.
the celebration and remain until May
15 when they will go 10 California to. -
take up their residence on a frdit =
ranch. which is part OF the estate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14

who Is back of villa in your opin-
ion In the carrying out of this border
warfare" Manuel Calero, former Mex
lean ambassador to the United States
and former Mexican minister OF for
eign affairs. was asked. He replied:
Il doubt II he has any backing of any
kind beyond his own savage desire
for what he considers the treatment
accorded him by the government that
until few months ago he considered
his friend. 1t is all. in my opinion,
the rage of a desperate. madman
II you wish. You must remember that
until about six months ago Villa con-
sidered himself the pet of the U. 8, A.
And then all OF a sudden villa was
kicked out OF his high place and once
more found himself what he really is,
just a murderous bandit. who ought to
be destroyed"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
$50 FOR SEVEN wTNKs.

Following . Custom of Greece Looked
Lake Masfaing Out West.
Kansas City. Mo-. March iS.-
George Stamatoia. twenty-six years
old, Of $40 Main Street, has not for
gotten the custom of his native Greece.
There II seems to be the fashion to
wink At any woman you want to be-
come acquainted with. The Greek
custom brought stamatois 70 grisf In
staid Kansas City.
Etamatois entered q Department
store the other afternoon. He wtnked
at ak pretty girls to no avail He
wtnked at seventh, who promptly
seised him By the arm. showed him
Q store detectives star and escorted
him to = crossing paArolmAn.
6tamAtOAs answered Q chas9e of
'.mashing" before Justice Charles
Clark. sottng Justice. In the Northstde
Court here soon after.
That winking tricks . fAvorite
over in Grssos, Judge. StAmAtois
said. That's the way We meet all
our nice women. thought it was
all right here. too. rye got to show
my appreciation Of the girls some
way"
That's n poor way" Judge Clark
answered. Tho wink IL not favored
In Kansas City. You're fined $50"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
PROFITS RATsrvG APPLES.
here Was $1,000 ON Eighty Acres In
One Orchard Crop

Sulphur Springs, Ark. March Ia
|sver were the possibilities OF apple
rowing better demonstrated In North
lest Arkansas than on the farms
wned by the Keith families near HI
|asse, a few miles east OF this city.
looming here from Oklahoma
venty- three years ago the Keith fam
purchased raw timber land for a
'ioIiars an acre and began clear
!. nd planting II to apple trees.
= the trees came into bearing the
its from the fruit were put back
more orchard land. until now
~ possess 500 acres. z7o or which
set TO fruit trees
OF the 20a acres OF apples shipped
ing the great apple year OF 1914
Hiwasse, i03 came from these
/. ds. Last year when the crop
tor aalI only fifty cars were ship
I'm this point. but of this num-
1. = Keiths ahipped forty-ffve. OF
fancy apple crop 1900 barrels
2. sing kept In cold storage In Fort
ssn awaiting better prices. As an
nple of the return on the apple
$1,000 worth Of apples were
en-. from eighty acres OF their Or
. ID during 1914 at total expense
$500.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
HIDDEN FIREPLACE
IN ANCIENT MANSION

ssald p. Bolton, engineer and
.. T. colonial days with w. II. Shell
librarian, In the famous Ju-
mansion, once Washin yton's
sarters ana now a museum.
=. am positive there was once an
ious fireplace In the basement
house." said Mr.. Bolton. THE
ace they now show In much too
to prepare the great banuuets
ew were served here"
-, IS not the first time Mr.. Bolton
Expressed this opinion. Lets
another look for IT, said Mr..
On. They descended to the cell
nd began q minute-search OF tho
1. Mfr. Bolton found a small hole.
called for Q pick and made an
cure large enough to get his head
arms through. Then. with q
in his hand, he had = remark
!, vision. 1t was indeed the ancient
title fireplace Of the days Of Roger
70, the builder of the house, and
.retty bride, Mary Philipse. be-
of Washington himself.
en- the bricks were torn away
Va cranes were found all
lizard as they had stood to
e parlor rystews over the fire In
why the fireplace had ever
eli, walled up Is not clear. but prob
ly Madame june. who lived here
IN 1900 to 1855. decided smaller
eplhce would burn less wood and
All TIA aookinx abe nsaded-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
VETERAN RAs THE DIARY
THAT SAVED HIS LIFE

Newton. Ia. March 13.-Frederick
A. Reckler, Civil War veteran and
Iowa pioneer, has a relic that is dear
to him, for 1t saved his life fifty-fiv
years ago 1t Is a little diary that he
carried from 1855 to 1851, and which
stopped Confederate bullet at the
Battle OF Bull Run. Mr.. Reckler was
in Wisconsin regiment at the battle.
A comrade saw him fall. took one look
at the gaping wound and assumed
that Reckler was dead. Confederates
picked him up with other wounded
and he remained in prison nearly two
years. Reckler is eighty-five and suf-
fers greatly from the wound inflicted
fffty-five years ago
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14

Sacramento Cal. March 13.-Thirty
feet of snow Is the depth which resi-
dents of Downieville have to encount-
err in their movements. according to
Sol Camp, who. with Mrs Camp, is
at the Land Hotel, while on his way
to Oakland. In getting out OF the
mountain town the Camps had to use
horses, which were supplied with
snowshoes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
HID MORE THAN $1,000 IN
HUT BEFORE HE DIED

Cedar Falls, Ia. March 13.-More
than $1,000 was found hidden in the
hut OF George Pound, eight miles
north of here, when the administrator
OF his estate made an investigation.
Pound died suddenly. and was sup
posed to have left little money.
Twenty years ago he lost moro than
5000 In q bank failure. and there
after never trusted banks. He was
a reclusive and visited this town only
twice year-on Memorial Day and
Fourth Of July.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
SECRETARY BAKER WAS
ORIGINAL WILSON MAN
For Months He Has Supported Presd-
dents Preparedness Stand---omo
Political Leader.

Cleveland, Ohio. March l3.-rhose
who attended the Baltimore conVen-
tiou four years ago will never forget
that slim. studious figure which. with
rAmarkahfe oratoricai and disputative
ability. led the fight for Wilson IN the
Ohio delegation. He broke the. unit
rule, and prevented the wasting OF
the men from the Northern part of
the state on Judson Harmon, The ia
vorite son.
It is not too much TO say that Wood
row Wilson might never have been
President of the United States had
II not been for this piueky battle OF
Newton ID. Baker. The Cleveland
leader had been the original Wilson
man In Ohio, and many years before
student under Wilson in Johns
Hopkins University, In the very city
where the convention was held.
Added TO personal affection. Mr..
Wilson thus four years ago incurred
political debt This debt he now re-
PAYS by offering Mr.. Baker post IL
not Of great ease or financial emoiu-
ment, certainly of immense RESPONSE
bility and opportunity to display crea-
tive and administrative talent or the
highest order.
IL the Senate confirms Mr.. Baker,
Mr.. Wilson's second War Sccretar:' ,
tfke hts first, will be- a lawyer of the
highest calibre. Unlike Mr.. Garrison.
however, Mr.. Baker is a politician OF
well-earned repute. He is studious
by inclination. but by occupation. a
roush-and-tumbfe fighter for what he
believes right.
Into Mr.. Bakers hands will be put
the execution of the preparedness
plan for the army which Congress Ia
quite certain to enact this session. He
10 not acquainted with the details OF
army organization, but with his re-
markable mind he will probably grasp
his problem as quickly as any civilian
would-and war secretaries are al
most invariably drawn from civil life.
still Peace Society Man.
Whether he will have sympathy with
army aims and army feelings 10 more
In doubt Fer several months he has
supported the Presidents prepared
ness stand, and he has all the other
prominent Wilson policies. He was
originally an avowed little navy and
little army man. and 10 believed to
have been convinced OF the tumics
Of the opposite sides position about
the same time as the President. ME-
Baker still IL a member OF several
peace societies,
..s,,.. $500. y. hsitn,-as
~ 80 .,nr,o.r~sc. vi, Gonna
Dats ar,d $500 .ra rot
sS.a raro.
%r..%..-r,,,r w..r. w,,,
..s $500 ~ IN. ps..-
$500 e ss,as. 80 r.~t n,aar hstrv
s ,uss $500 ,s.,,I,,,ra D.v,d
ss ~ ,,,st 49,, tst,x
ny nsao,.. -. ,asL - ~.sr. NJ RaEar
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
STUMP HAS STAYED IN
STREAM FOR SIXTY YEARS

Hagerstown. IND. March I4-IThsrs
In a stump In Nett1e Creek. At the ford
near the Poplar Grove Touring mills,
that Is generally mistaken for large
boulder. Levi Hoover, . retired
farmer, says 1t II the stump Of q buck
eye tree that ha helped to cut down
sixty years ago. He was working for
Zachariah Teetor. now dead. who OPP
Grated the mill at that time. The
two men cut down the trea. The ac-
ton OF the water has widened the
channel at that point. The roots may
be seen Embedded in the soil at the
bottom OF the creek. The upper part
Of the stump remains several inches
above the surface of the water.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
Sentences n Pig.

Newcastle, Pa, March ia mig
captured by the police while roaming
around the streets has been sentenced
by Mayor A. y. Newell to spend the
balance of it's life at the city poor
farm. No owner could be found. and
the members OF the police force were
beginning to have a vision of roast pig
when the Mayor passed sentence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14

Lafayette. Ind. March l3.-Not
many great-grandfathers can boast OF
having a bouncing baby daughter. but
Fred Landes, farmer northeast OF
Lafayette, holds this record. Landes.
who Is q civil War veteran. seventy
four years old, was for many years o
widower. A year ago. however. he
married young woman he had
known for years. A baby daughter
was born to them. Landes has a
great number OF grandchildren and
one great grandchild. He says he Is
prouder OF his new youngster than
he was of any OF the others.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14

Boston, Mas. March 1S.--What do
you want to do with the Defendant
asked Judge Sullivan In the Police
Court Of Walter Campbell. the plain
tiff.
..oh let him down Light" replied
Campbell.
What do you consider hghtf'
Queried His Honor.
Well. ten years or So" Campbell
answered.
Even the Judge smiled. and then he
handed out sentence of one year In
the House OF Correction to Albert w.
CedarQnist. eighteen ysars OF age. who
pleaded guilty to shooting Campbell
in the hip. CedarQuist was under the
inf1usnce az nnuor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-14
BOLD Hits Ring; wearcr Unhart.

Winchester. Va. March 13.-Hope
Beams finger ring 10 in the jewelers.
shop because the ruby setting was
loosened by lightning. Also he Is alive
and well after one OF the most exvtt.
ting expsytencse Of his life,