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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-06-08

bill above referred to would
make it necessary for this board
to adopt new plans for deter
mining the appropriation OF the
general funds and SAID plans
should be approved at the earIi
est date possible after said bill
has been passed by the general
assembly,
Therefore, be it resolved by
this board in legal session con-
vened with a quorum present,
that the finance ComMittep,
Messrs. f. J. Green, +. b. Bate
man and Willie ttlsselI, be and
the same are hereby authorized
and instructed by this board Il"
work out such plans, rules
and schedules as WouId be
necessary for determining the
length term Of schools from the
general fund and making c>,I-
mate and appropriation OF same
The above resolution was
adopted.
Whereas, it is the opinion Of
this board that each 2nd every
school should have certain eQnln
ment such as good bI2CIiO0aruS,
maps, charts, etc, and,
Whereas, the board desires
that every possible effort be put
forth to secure only the neccA
sary equipment at the very best
terms available, and it will not
be possible for the board to act
on this matter at this time.
| Therefore, be it resolved by
the parish school board Of Wash-
ington parish that the school
supplies committee, MeSsrS. }.
A. Moore, W. Il. S"a! ID D
= Wallace, are hereby authorized
and instructed to act fnr SAID
| board in purchasing all AeceS,
sary equipment,
The above resolution was
adopted.
The secretary was 'N""~'d
from the room and i,,' ,,nj.,"tn!'
resolution was submitted auv
unanimously adopted
Whereas, there is some talk OF
holding an election for the pur'
pose of electing a parish super
!; intendent Of education for Wash
iugtor parish, La, and,
! Whereas, the law imposes the
duty of eIecting said officer OF
the parish board Of school dIrec
tors, and.
Whereas we believe this pro
vision Of the law is wise. the par
pose being to keep everything
possible pertaining to our schools
out of politics.
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Therefore, we declare that the
result Of the said election is in
favor of the above named propo-
Sition.
And in accordance with law, a
PRONUNCIATION of the aforesaid re-
suit prepared, and the secretary
Of the parish board of school d.
rectOrs was ordered to have a
copy Of the same signed by the
president, published in one issue
Of the Ottic. VI Journal.
And like jse we did order that
one copy Of this process verbal
be sent TO the secretary of state
to be recorded in the archives of
! the State of Louisiana; that one
copy be sent to the Recorder of
Mortgages to be recorded in the
mortgage records, and that one
copy be kept in the records of
the said school board
Thus done and signed in the
presence Of D. Fl. Stringheld and
Magee ", OFT, competent wit
nesses and electors, on this the
18th day of NJ ", 1915 at the Of
fee Of the parish board of school
directors Of Washington parish,
by the undersigned members Of
the school board of said parish.
present and participating in the
canvass OF the said election.
D, Wallace,
@. b. Morris,
+. B, Bateman.
l.. r. Richardson,
W. r. Seal,
|. j. Green,
J. A. Moore,
NJ. G. Duncan.
Willie Russell.
And the canvass Of the re-
turns of said election having
been mad, the result thereof
was ascertained and declared to
be as follows:
No. Amt.
For said proposition - $500
Against 0 600
Majority in favor of
said proposition. IS $500
and the result of said election
was declared to be in favor of
said proposition.
On motion duly seconded and
carried, President p. B. Bate,
man is hereby authorized and in
>erncted to award contract for
Mitler's Creek school building
and to receive the building when
complete.
On motion duly seconded and
carrie, notice is hereby given
that the parish school boar Of
Washington parish will not order
any special school tax elections
expiring later than 1920 except
in the case Of building taxes.
Whereas, the attention of thi,,
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School Board Proceedings.
Continued from first page,)

rectors of the public schools OF
Washington Parish, Louisiana,
will meet at their office in the
town of Franklinton, Louisiana,
and IN open session proceed to
open the ballot boxes, examine
and count the ballots in number
and amount, examine and canvass
the returns, and declare the re-,
suits of said special elections.
This the 18th, day of May,
1915.
T. 3. Bateman, President.
PROCESS VERBAL.
BE it known and remembered,
That on this the 18th day of May,
1916, at 3 o'clock p. NJ, in ac.
cordance with a resolution OF the
parish board of school directors
of Washington parish, enacted on
the 9Th day of April, 1916, notice
of woich was issued aud publish
ed according to law, the under
signed members Of the parish
board of school directors Of Wash
ington parish, being ID quorum
present, thereof, met in public
session at the Office of said board
ia said parish, and according to
law opened the ballot box used in
and which were received from the
commissioners Of the election
held on Tuesday, the 10th day Of
May, 1916, in accordance with
said ordinance, and there pro-
ceeded to count the ballots both in
number and amount, for and
against, to determine the PROPOSE
ton to levy a five mill special tax
on all the property subject to
taxation in school district No. 3S,
parish Of Washington, La, an
nualIy, for the period of eight
years, for the purpose of giving
additional aid to the public schools
of the said school district.
The result OF said count was
Is ballots and $500 in favor OF
said proposition & ',o ballots and
no dollars against SAl1 PROPOSE
ton: and, therefore, the majority
in both number and amount cast
by the property taxpayers Of the
said school district No. 80. in the
parish of Washington, in said
election being IN favor thereof
and,
At the same time and place we
did examine and canvass the re-
turns as evidenced by the dupIi'
cate c0mpiInd statement, the
correctness ,,f both being sworn
TO by th. commissioners, accord,
ing to law, and finding also that
the returns indicated a majority
both in number and amount OF
property i'll favor of said propo'
sltlon.
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SUNDAY EXCURSION and Weekend Fares.

Week end fares from above points
to New Orleans and return, going
Saturday Or Sunday returning Mon
day.
For further particulars call on agents
or write NJ. j. Mcmahon, G. 2. A.,
New Orleans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02

Continued from, i'ng~ One.p
widespread food shortage End actual
starvation in some of the larger cities.
Would Paralyze Western States.
Chicago. Aug. "A strike of the
four railroad brotherhoods threatened
as the result of the negotiations now
in progress in New York would para
lyze the central western states and
work untold loss and hardship accord
ing to statements today from railroad
and grain men.
While there is not the promise of
the bumper crops of last year indica-
lions are that this years crop will be
well above the average Even under
the most advantageous conditions, ia
cilities of western railroads are taxed
to meet the crop movement every fall
Assuming that in the event of a
strike at least sixty per cent sreduc-
ton in railway carriage, shippers
pointed out that perishable products
would be given the preference and
| that the grain and cattle movement
would practically cease.
Large Cities Short on Food.
The grain now in storage at the
eastern milling and shipping centers
| " ouid be totally Inadequate to with
stand a prolonged blockade. One re-
suit, it was pointed out, would be to
vastly increase the cost of grain in ele
vators and to decrease the value of
crops held in the hands of the farm
ers.
Unless such a strike be ended very
speedily or some way found to move
trains, the total decentralization of the
! crop movment would be speedily fol-
lowed by a period of extremely high
prices and food shortage In the pop1-
lation centers in the middie west
In the view of local transportation
authorities. western shipping points
would feed themselves first, and east
ern cities, depending on Chicago, Kan
sas City and St Louis shipments for
their food supplies, would come as
near starvation as at any time in the
history of the United States.
Insist on Demands.
Cleveland, O.. Aug. 2,-'Sentiment
among the 100000 members Of the
railroad brotherhoods is overwhelm-
ingly in favor of insisting that their
demands be granted" VIM G. Lee,
president of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, said here today be-
fore he left for New York. where the
strike vote is being counted.
Railroad officials are trying to
make the public believe that by
granting our eight hour demands
trains will be stalled between termin-
ais" said Lee: That is not true. The
men can still work sixteen hours a
day. as federal regulations allow, but
they will get overtime pay"
To Resume Conference August 8.
Washington, Aug 1.-THE executive
board of the big Four brotherhuods
which are threatening a nationwide
strike of 400. 900 railroad employees
and the &c neral conference committee
of the roads have agreed to a resump-
ton of conferences to begin in Sew
York August s, according to informa-
ton received at the United States
board of mediation and Cancellation
today.
That these conferences may be pro-
ductive of an amicable settlement of
the giant controversy is forecast by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
FIGHT FOR A YEAR
German Speakers Agree on
Length of the War.
Nation United on Demands To
Be Made.
BY CARL W. ACKERMAN.

Berlin, Aug. Speakers through
cut the empire at yesterdays hon
orable peace. meetings agreed that
there will be another year of the war.
Exports of these meetings received to-
Cay emphasized the unity of feeling in
this respect among the public Speak
ers who delivered the same speech to
audiences in forty-nine cities outside
Berlin. and at the meetings here at
the capital were greeted by massed
crowds and the utmost enthusiasm
was evoked by the definition of Ger
many's position as to the termination
of the war.
1t was apparent, however, judging
from reports of all these meetings.
that German public opinion is a unit in
the belief that on the basis of Ger
many's accomplishments to date.
peace cannot come about in the basis
of conditions prior to the war.
The national committee. which
the government formed to foster the
honorable peace meetings. was said
in well informed circles today to have
been devised as a measure with which
to bridge the differences between the
socialists and conservatives. so that
Germany may present a united front
when peace does eventually come
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READY TO FIGHT
Both Sides In Threatened N. Y.
Street Car Strike Prepare.
VIII Call Out 10000 National
Guards if Tieup Comes.

New York. Aug. City officials.
aided by state authorities today pre-
parcd for .he worst in New YORK
street car situation. They were con-
WINGED, they said today, that the most
disastrous tie-up in the city's history
is inevitable unless both sides concede
points which each, up to today mas
persistently refused to consider.
The public service commission to-
day began a formal inquiry into the
situation. Representatives of employ
ers were summoned. The ten thou
sand national guards including coast
defense and naval reserves who re-
NAMED in the state after New YORK $
quota had gone to the border, We're
prepared for instant call. At the first
hint of need for them, Governor Whit
man will send them into New York 70
augment Police Commissioner WOODS
ten thousand bluecoats
Refuse to, Meet Union Leaders.
The street car companies today con-
appealed for the public's sympathy In
full page advertisements III all local
newspapers These adveI tisements
carried the charge that the employees
"are being thre atened and intimidated
by the Amalganl Association OF
Electric Street and Railway Employees,
an organization with interests in vari-
GUS parts of the United States"
The company also announced 1t is
ready to talk grievances with its men
individually or through their own rep
committee affiliated with the national
I1ninn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
MAKE IT NATION wide
Street Car Strike Leaders in N. Y.
Threaten Other Cities, Too.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE threatened
tieup of every car line in Greater New
York is to be only the first step in a
nation wide strike of street car men in
order to win the unions demand for
the right of organization everywhere,
it was stated today by Louis Grediger.
counsel for the union organizers.
While some of the leaders of the
movement to involve all the street car
lines in New York in the strike on the
Third avenue system were busy en-
rolling the employees of other lines into
the union, others called on Mayor
Mitchell today, informed him of the
unions demands and agreed to meet
him tomorrow morning with repre-
sentative of the street railway cor
poration in another effort to bring
about a satisfactory settlement.
Mayor Arranges Conference.
These leaders informed the mayor
that there had been one instance at
least of the discharge by the New
York Railways company of en-
ploye for union activities and that a
strike would be the inevitable result.
The mayor requested them to with
hold action until tomorrow's confer
ence and elected promise, it was an
nounced at the mayors office, that
his wishes would be respected
Meantime the New York Railway
company was making preparations
against a strike and already has gath :
cred a force of several hundred pro-
feSSiOnal strike breakers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
SEIZE HOSTAGES
French .Yellow Book De-
scribes Terrible War Scene.
Children Taken Captives; Par
ents Insane With Anguish.

Paris. Aug. Poignant details of
the deportation at an hour and a half
notice of $4,000 citizens from the
French towns of Lille. Robax and
Tourcoing by the Germans last Faster
are given in a French yellow book re-
leased for publication today. The
German orders were for the people
in certain districts of these towns to
assemble in readiness for departure
at their front doors, which were to be
left open and none was to leave the
house before s a. m. The orders stat
ed that "All protests will be useless
and any one trying to evade deporta-
ton will be pitilessly punished"
The victims in all cases were chosen
arbitrarily by the officer in charge Of
the deporting party. Each person
singled out for deportation was allow
ed sixty pounds of baggage, which 1t
was recommended should consist of
utensils for eating and drinking. q
blanket, good shoes and personal
linen. If anyone exceeded this weight
his or her whole baggage was to be
thrown aside.
Packed Into Cars.
THE measure caused the greatest
anguish the yellow book continues,
among the population of the notified
district, while in some cases it led to
madness. Many people because 50 i'll
they had to take to their beds
Parents especially suffered torture
at seeing their wives, daughters and
children of both sexes over the age Of
"A led away or packed into street cars
prcmiscuously with bad characters OF
all sorts. male and female not know
ing what was to be their destination or
fate. The anguish was renewed nigh:
after night during the ten days of
Easter.
The protests Of mayors and other
officials went unheeded
AT the beginning of the deporta tio,,
some girls of the aristocracy were
seized, but they were soon released as
were also daughters of those in the
houses where German officers were
billeted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
FIRE VICTIMS, 31S
Officials Now Fear Flames Toll
May Reach 500.
Burning Forests Moderated
Every Living Thing in Path,

Haileybury, Ont, Aug. 2.-Officials
today announced the known death list
in the great bush fire at 31S. Stories
told by refugees who fled outlying
districts before the blighting blast
crumpled every living thing in its path
like tissue paper, led officials to fear
the total list may exceed 500.
The official figures so far obtained
show IA dead at Ramore, $50 at
Matheson and vicinity. 1877 at Nushl;;,
and Montieth, two at Kelso, 10 at
Iroquois Falls and 20 at Cochrane.
Figures on Loss Still Incomplete.
Communication with outlying dis
tricts remains broken. 1t will be nee
essary for searchers to visit the sec
tions before definite figures can be OBJ
tanned.
A peculiar phase of the fire was that
it has considerably enhanced hum
dreds of acres by clearing them of
brush and underground that would
have cost thousands of dollars to re-
move.
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PURSUE A MYTH
Troops Out at 1:25 A. M
Rushed by Special Train.
Border Town to Arms-But
Find Bandit Story Fake.

Ell Paso. Texas. Aug. captain
William Kelly, Jr.. commanding the
cavalry troops. rushed from Fort Bliss
TO Finlay. Texas reported to General
Bell today there was absolutely no
truth in the report that $50 Mexican
bandits invaded the United States
near there. The report of the bandits
presence was received by General Bell
late last night from militia forces at
Fort Hancock
FL Paso, Aug. 1.-Two troops of the
Eighth cavalry, under command OF
Capt VIM. Kelley, jr.. are securing
the gulches and canyons between
lsinlay, Tex. and Fort Hancock, about
seventy miles east of here. in search
Of bandits.
The cavalry is supported by bat
TALON of the Twenty-third infantry
rushed from Ell Paso TO Fort Hancock
early this morning in response to re-
ports to Cen George Bell, jr., com
handing the Ell Paso military district.
that bandits in large numbers had
crossed the Rio Grande in that vicin-
ity-s
Town in Arms Over Report.
Sierra Blanca, Tex. Aug. 1.-Two
hundred and fifty able bodied men of
This town are forming into posses to
fight Mexican bardits who are report
o,l 10 be headed this way. Telegram.
received here shortly before midnight
warned the citizens that the Mexicans
were coming. The fire whistle was
blown. arousiug the residents. The
town marshal and two deputies ran
from house to house urging the men
TO arm themselves and meet at the
railroad depot.
Half an hour later the crowd col
lected. All were armed. some carry
Ing two revolvers and rifle The
men were divided into fur squads and
iiamediately started out to the south.
AilLare on horseback. No report OF
them has beer received here yet
Rushed by Special Train.
FL Paso, Texas, Aug. Troops f
and H, Eighth cavalry, left here hur-
riediy at 1:25 O'Clock this morning in
a special train for Fort Hancock. A
company of infantry in motor trucks
and a motorcycle corps left a short
time before also for Fort Hancock
There had been various rumors
throughout the night of bandit activ-
tiles in the neighhorhood of Fort Han
cock. One version had it that hun
dred or more MeXicans crossed the line
to avenge the deaths of the Mexican
cattle thieves shot Monday in the
fight with an Eighth cavalry detach-
ment about six miles from the fort
owing to the distance and the poor
roads, General Gonzales at JuareZ has
not yet heard the result of the chase
by Carranza soldiers for the two ban
dts who escaped to the Mexican side
of the border after the fight.
General Bell at Fort Bliss stated he
had received no reports of fighting
between American national guards or
regulars and The bandits. His infor-
nation was that the bandits crossed
inta- United States territory and he
said: II don't propose to allow them
to remain"
The two troops of Eighth United
States leavalry are reported to have
passed through Fort Hancock on
special traih en- route TO Finley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
DROP BOMBS ON LONDON
Berlin Gives Account of Zeppelin
Raids on British Coast.

Berlin (via Sayville wireless), Aug.
1.-THE city of London was attacked
In the German airship raids of July a.
August 1. according to official an
nouncement today
German airship squadrons on the
nights of July 81 and August l at
tackled London and eastern British
counties. said the statement I'VE
dropped bombs successfully on coast
works, defensive batteries and indus
trial esta blishments of military i'm
portance. All our airshfps returned
safely, although violently shelIed by
sea forces while approachinp
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DRY RECORD BROKEN
Continued from Page one.)

kCOnIlHueu from fage Onel
Scattering rains fell last night in most
parts of the state but there was Moth
ing heavy enough to break the dry
spell except in a few restricted areas.
The total precipitation at Topeka was
nine-hundredths of an inch. A rain of
less than one-fourth of an inch is not
counted as a drouth breaker as it
dries up in an hour Of sunshine
The lowest temperature last night
was 10 degrees, only one degree lower
than the minimum OF the night be-
fore. The mercury yesterday only
went to go degrees but is expected to
approach 100 tomorrow. The forecast
calls for generally fair weather with
continued high temperatures tonight
and Thursday. Today was suItry and
unpleasant though the mercury did
not reach an excessively high mark.
The wind veered to the south during
the night and this morning blew at
the rate of miles an hour. The
kaw river is stationary at So feet.
The highest temperature on record
for this date is 1O1 degrees, estab-
lished in 1901. The low record. "a de-
grees, occurred in 1882 On August 2,
1903, precipitation of 459 inches
OF rain was recorded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
TO WORK FOR HUGHES
Unless Wilson Comes Across Is De-
cision of Womcn's Party.

Denver, Colo. Aug. Miss Anne
Martin. chairman of the National
Woman's party, today sent from here
the following message to Charlez E.
Hughes: Your declaration for the
national woman suffrage amendment
makes the women of America your
debtors for your courage and states
manship-"
Miss Martin stated in an interview
that the Woman's party was not play
ing politics. ".If President Wilson
comes out for the federal amendment
or the president Democratic congress
passes it. the president will not be op-
posed by u.s. However. from present
indications. there will be nothing else
for the Woman's party to do but to
place its entire strength behind Mr..
Hughes"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
BREAK WITH ENGLAND
Massachusetts Congressman Would
81 Resent Action of British.

Washington. Aug. 2.-Representa-
tive Ga1livan, of Massachusetts,, this
afternoon moved in the house the
bree king of diplomatic relations with
Great Britain because of it's refusal
July 25. to admit Thomas Hughes
Kelly of New orl1, and Joseph Smith.
of Massa chusetts, two American citi-
zeus entrusted with funds and relief
supplies for Irish revolution sufferers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
LOCAL MENTION

Social dance at Moose hall this
evening by the Fraternal Brotherhood.
ADV. N-f's
Tickets for the Park dance will be
on sale this evening at the F'raternal
Brotherhood dance in Moose hail.
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02

Miss Elizabeth Brent Jones, daugh-
ter Of DR.. E. Lester Jones, superin-
tendont of the U. S. Coast and
Geodetic Survey, christened the Sur
veyo,,, a steel steamer of 4. thousand
tons displacement, which has just
been launched at Manitowac, Wis.
will be used for work on the Pacific
coast and Alaska. She reached her
destination via the Panama Canal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
FLACK ASKS PARDON
Abilene Bankers Hearing Before Par
don Board Today.

Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. 2.-The
application of John FIack, former
banker of Abilene. Kan, for parole
from the Kansas state prison. where
he IS serving sentence for having
appropriated $4,000 of his banks
funds. will be heard by the state board
of corrections this afternoon. He and
about thirty other prisoners will APP
peal at that time for release.