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WIN STRIKE AT WILSON MEAL.
Negre walters Use Presidents
Presence to Gatn Advance.

CHICAGO. Oct. is,-Nesro walters en-
ployed at the Chicago Press Club util-
ised the presence Of President Wilson
al luncheon there to-day to gain for
themselves . raise In wages. without in
vsstigation and without compromise.
just before the President was due to
arrive thirty special walters who were
to serve the luncheon put on their coats
preparatory to walking out. They had
not asked for more pay. but when
stopped by the steward they told him
they had decided they must have 80 per
cent. Increase on the contract price be-
fore they would begin their duties. The
advantage wa theirs and the increase
WAS OraatsA
The sun., 1916-10-20
Chairs Thrown Aroand.

After the meeting had been on the
verge Of n riot several times and chairs
had been hung over the heads Of those IN
the rear of tho hall tho police marched
In n filled the aisles. overawinG the
crowd by summarily cjecting every one
they heard or saw making a dist urh-
anCe.
Mr. KnoN in his address tried to show
that the Adamson law was not actually
an eight - measure in any sense.
1T contains no prohibition against
the employment Of men for more than
eight hours" he said at does not pro-
hihit men from working for more than
eight hours. Il does not even suggest
the desirahil!ty or necessity for any such
limitation II merely legislates that for
a period NJ nine month ten hour wages
shall he paid for eight hours work. not
withstanding existing contracts to the
contrary that extra wages shall he paid
for work In excess Of eight hours. and
the only penalty contained in the act Is
one imposed upon the employer who re-
fuses To pay the advance thus ordered
Mr.. Knox here quoted the declaration
Of the democratic senator. Oscar Tn
derwood. In which the senator. address
ing his collea CUES. said You can go on
aging you have an eight hour day. but
the fact IL there is no eight hour day IN
this bill. We might AS well face Il
fairly"
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Seven children

Seven children"
Fine: you beat me by one
"Ach. yes. but I beat you--so?'
Tho dialogue relapsed into German.
Soergel called out:
Don't forget what tho Germans have
done for America
81 shan't: don't" the Colonel re-
piled. Remember that I said in one Of
my speeches that the Germans saved
Missouri to the Union"
a Washingtonlan who supplied the in
formation that tho town In a centre OF
the corncob pipe industry was right.
Also II Is a German American town.
We don't 20 much on Wilson here
the Colonel was told. lie intimatcd that
he didn't either.
Al Jefferson city. the capital of Mis-
sour. where the crowd was go big II
spread over the tops Of freight cars. n
youth shrieked II wouldn't shake
Wilson"
Levelline a f%orehnger Col. Roosevelt
retorted Yes, and why don't you
cheer for the dead babies OF The Lusi-
tania. That's about our style, my
friend
The Coloners message to Jefferson
city vas that this country must be a
nation. not n "polyglot boarding house.
and that when you get a nation that
is too proud to fight IT is just n, enough
to be kicked"
wilson's One Track Mind.
A. Sedalia. Mo. 7. n. Kirkwood. pub
Usher Of the Kansas City star. Joined
the campaigner to ride as far as Kan
a City. At Sedalia are located the
shops Of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas Railroad system. which turned on,
1000 persons for n Ave minute Roose-
welt circus. He caught them where
they lived by saying that III Mr.. Wilson
had u one track mind II seemed to have
ample switching facilities"
He turned the applause to Mr.. Hughes
by asking them to vote for the Rspubli.
can candidate 'in the name OF the homo,
OF the United states and on the two
great grounds Of American.sm and pre-
~paredness. both industrial and military
for Mr.. Hughes. a man who always
means what ne says" Roosevelt car
ried Sedalia In 1904 and seemed abou'
TO do SO again to-day when :he train
carried him of.
Mr.. kirkwood was unable 20 persuade
Mr.. Roosevelt-they are old friends and
Progressive comrades-to speak In Kan
sas city. Mr.. Kirkwood told him there
wae a chance that Hughes would carr,
Missouri. and that ex-t;ov. Dickey WA
making the fur fy in his attempt tc
d!slodge James Reed from the United
States Senate.
The sun., 1916-10-20
CROWD MODS SUFFS
AT WILSON MEETING


noon II I tried to point out what seemed
TO me the leading peculiarities OF the
task that lies before me.
The sun., 1916-10-20

the spirit Of the Administration Ia the
ecent statement OF the Secretary Of War.
He Is reported to have said-and I do
not understand that he has denied the
statement, as reported 7 n that the
Mexicans do not respect American HE
and property. know that they do not
bay their debts that they are ragamuf-
fins; hat they desecrate church prop
erty that their money Is no good and
that they are generally worthless.
But people never respect these things
IN revolutions. We did not respect them
In our civil war. Washington's soldiers
in the march to Valley Forge stole every
thing they could lay their hands on took
the silver vessels cut Of the churches and
sold them to buy drink. They drove min
listers out OF the churches. Their money
was worthless and they were just as bad
characters as the Mexicans.'
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Into TGnOble Wars.

INFO wars.
~ Mr.. Wilson says to-day what he in
"nds to do tomorrow the only likell-
hood thereby created is that whatever
re- may do he will leave that par,icu-
lar hing undonc. Mr.. Wilson 10 A very
sdr"'f and clever man. but his clever
ne's ha> been exercised only in so COIL
idsing IN" mind OF the people that they
cannot tell shadow and sham from real
NY ard IN SO relaxing their conscience
l"at they accept the utterance OF fine
PHRASES as an Offset 10 the performance
" mean deeds.
Mr.. Wilson claims credit because he
!ds KEEP, the country out of war. This
H. claim that cannot be made for either
washington or Lincoln. Is it" 1t Is
not true, NJ. Wilson has pu, us into
several iguoble little wars. but he has
never hnished any n OF them and at
me end he always leave the whole
BUSINESS 70 he lone all over again.
Kansas was born Of the struggle for
human rights. II was called into being
~ mon who put duty first. who could be
stirred 10 their depths by the trumpet
S"il or service for a great principle.
relatively t" her population. she sent
more men to the civil war han any other
State.
'"' WIN put sdIety UTSt ndu ally
PH'' IN the founding or Kansas, indeed
n" man who put safety first ever ap-
reared H. W~ashington's Continentals or
y me srmtcs OF Grant and Lee. Safety
.r' Is the doctrine or the Tory and the
ooprerhead' We put honor first, duty
Hfs'' service first. and II we fail to do
- we afs unworthy sons of our sires
VINO kept this republic a nation"
Praise for the Germans.
TN' Roosevelt train reached ST. Louis
. O'Clock this morning and stopped
- 'haise engines in the yard some dis
talcH from the Union Station. The
colonel. fresh from shaving. stepped "a
N" back platform to shake hands with
several yardmen and assure two 81
LOUIS reporters that he had not a thins
N ~" world to say except Good morn.
Ing"
Shooting up the Missouri River Val.
icy This morning the train halted for
water at Washington. Mo. -Four hun.
urea persons were on hand. Col. Roose.
Ne' Was moved to speech when a youna
mar handing UP a card inscribed
Robert l.. Soergel. p. A. ID A. n. b.
nailed him In German:
We're all straight Americans
shont-d Soergcl.
i know H." shot back the Colonel ir
herman; straight Americans. nothing
e'sr, and We Judge every nation by It,
conduct In a crisis. When I was II
Saarge. you know, we never let King Of
kaiser put anything W on U.S."
= gray haired German. Julius Rem,
pA'h' encased In q bakers white apron
pressed forward to get the Colonel'i
nshd Here wss M OF those rea
roosevelt idolatoS whose loyalty no de
'unclation Of the Kaisers war MAXIM
customs can shake.
I'm goot Bull Mooser. I got one o
me biggest families here" he conndsd
tpan,r'
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"Finc Phrases Offset Mean
Deeds He Tells Kan.
sans ut Emporia.
CHE BY HIS
F. r ~CLEVERNESS"
Safety First Policy Decried
as That Of the Copper
head and the Tory.

EMroRiA. Kan, oct. 19.-1t being Just
twenty years since william Allen White
sudeed the prairie map with a little sdi-
,or,al entitled whats the Matter with
Kansas" and set the mar revolving
slowly around the elysian town of EN-
por,a-an orbit which IL still p%ursues--
col Roosevelt cele the anniversary
his evening by stopping here and talk
Ing for ten delirious minutes to VIII
white, alt Mason and so many other
residents OF Boyvillc that the santa re
station and tracks couldn't hold them all.
n. told them Wilson was dangerous and
asked them to vote for Hughes. which.
according 10 MIR. white. IL exactly what
Kansas Is going to DO to the extent Of a
10000 plurality.
Emporia had been on pins and needles
for several days. First It thought the
Colonel was going TO stop. then II heard
he wasn't. Mr.. White received a dis
couraglrg telegram only yesterday. But
when he boarded the Colonels car in
Kansas CITY this afternoon the Colonel
said:
"will. I've a TO turn down Q lot
Of my friends on this trip, but I just
can't miss Empor!a. I'm going to stop
the train there and II you want TO hear
ne III speak ten minutes from the
observation platform"
Gasette Right on the Job.
n. v.,,,. ,,rr.a o., ,o,rx MAN
~, ". - 60 -
w " 'aH " ~
pons' wv u..,, u...,
10 put a piece on the front page OF the
pepe' s"E,"e 800. ,' "N WIZ
IAN T" L"e s"''o" $3.50
mus Nv ou..''e va. W ,epH".e
unVer.a'n'! win - reai p'ece u news
snd Enpor'a responueu ~uhanIn'ousi!
s''noush 'ne seasons nrS' sno"s'oIih
was u!Wg 10 oianke. H. Just as me
.dS',e hau eNc'us,,e,s p,euie'eu' AZ
."e 'o'onei .aiNeu "n W"I.e vas Co-
ssi'eu ''h'ns q rev notes 20 unoouot-
guy ."e "u.''e WIN na'- a reA' spo.y'
eN'ep' LOT hs par' IN H. ,o-"norro"' I've.
ne eut prl"' payer anu
'u,l !o"r 'op! III au.a"ce' -.
'n.ne q from KANSAS Ivy 70,
fsoose'-It recited from memory a par
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Slaughtered ~ IN told blood.

"The Americans held passports or safe
conducts issued by authorities of the de
facto government. January 10 the train
was stopped by villa bandits. and eish-
teen Of the American party were stripped
Of their clothing and shot In cold blood
in VIVA liz known as the Sal Isabel
massacre
within a month after this barbarous
slaughter Of i~noffensire Americans II
was notorious that villa was operating
within twenty miles OF Cusihulriachic.
and publicly stated that his purpose WAS
Ia destroy American lives u property.
VILLAS ~unhindered activities culmi-
mated IN the u~nprovoked and cold hlooded
attack upon American soldiers and citi-
zens IN the town Of Columbus on the
night 81 March .. the details of which
do NOT, need repetition here In order to
refresh your memory with the heinous-
ness Of the crime.
AN Administration imhucd with the
spirit of true Ansricanism would he IN
capable Of the statement attributed TO
the Secretary Of war. II must bring the
blush OF shame to the cheek Of every
American that apologies for the de-
plorable record In Mexico should be made
after this fashion.
W. want peace. We want an cndur-
ms peace. We 'lnuot have peace II We
have "A decadcncc Of American spirit. We
need AN Administration that il not com
pairing those who won and preserved our
liberties to murderers and raping ban
dts. We want an Administration which
win preserve the honor OF the American
name"
The sun., 1916-10-20
Meaning what On. Says.

1.-The S~ecretary's remark shows In an
Illuminating way this Administrators
conception OF the value Of words. II an
parently seems impossible to This Admin
istration that n can mean what he
says. That II Its difficulty, With II, a
threat OF action does not seem to mean
anything but words.
"My position is somewhat different.
mean what ! say. and because this would
have been well NOV and we should al
ready have a reputation for hrm and
correct policies. ] repeat that the Lusita-
MIA would not have been sunk.
"4ut The most remarkable sxhibiuoa Of
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-08-10
Estray Notice.

Third Ward Justice Court, State OF
Louisiana, Parish of Washington.
Notice is hereby given that there
has been strayed before me the UNDER
signed authority, M. M, Magee,a tree
hold citizen of the Sixth ward, parish
of Washington, State of Louisiana,
and who being by me first duly
sworn according to law. deposes and
saws. that for more than six months
last past, there has been roaming at
large at and near the residence OF af-
faint the following stock:
A certain cream colored steer about
81 years old, not branded, but marked
in the right ear with split and under
bit and in the left ear with swallow
fork.
Said steer to be sold at the resi-.
dence OF the said M. M. Magee in the
Sixth Ward, Washington Parish, La
on
Saturday, August 10, 1916
at II o'clock a. No., unless reclaimed
bv the owner, and all costs paid.
Terms of sale. All costs to be palt
in cash on day of sale, the balance or
six months credit, the purchaser tt
furnish his note with approved securi
|ty payable to parish treasurer o
Washington Parish, La.
This 10Th day of July, 1916.
J. E. WOOD,
1S-4t Justice of the Peace.
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Sheriff Sale. NO. 2SO6.
Bank of Hattiesburg
w. T.. McCreary.

w. L. McCreary.
Notice is hereby given that by vir
tue of an order of seizure and sale
issued out of the Goth Judicial
District Court of La, in and for Wash
ington Parish, in above entitled cause,
and to me directed, will proceed to
sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, on
Saturday, August Il, 1915
at the principal front door of the court
house at Franklinton, La, between
the legal sale hours for Judicial sales,
the following described property. to-
wit:
Lots 35, SO, 81 and 3s in block No.
80. as per map filed by Great South
ern Lumber Company in the clerk g
office June 18th, 1909, of the town of
Bogalusa, being same property &C
quired by w. l.. McCreary of Great
Southern Lumber company Jan. 20,
1912.
Terms of sale-Cash without benefit
of appraisement.
This the 9Th day Of July, 1915.
]. E. Batemau, Sheriff.
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Council Meeting.
Franklinton, La, Aug. T.

Franklinton, La, Aug. y
The Mayor and council met at
regular session on Aug. Follow
ilg business was transacted:
Minutes Of last meeting read
and approved. First business
was the resignation Of J. H. Dick
erson, City Clerk, which was &C.
cepted, and DR.. 0. D. armada
was unanimously elected to fill
his place at s. per month
It was brought up by Mayor
about taking out insurance on
town Marshal, being authorized to
to take $4,000 accidental policy
which was unanimously agreed
to.
The question Of lettering town
books was brought up by the
Mayor and Mr.. Webb was en-
ployed to assist the City Clerk in
opening up an up-to.date set OF
books.
It was moved and seconded
that the town levy a nine mill tax
on all town property.
The following bills were ap-
proved and ordered paid:
Wiley Pierce, Marshal, July ....S4o U
Mrs S. a, Burris Office rent of
Mayor and Marshal, ...... . o
H. V. Foil hauling. ......'..." l D
J. F. Morgan, feeding street prls-
Meeting adjourned subject t
CALL
D, E. Sheridan, Mayor.
O. D. Varnado, City Clerk.
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Sheriff Sale.-No. 1863.
r. B. Erwin & Son
W.
Nathan TullOs.

Nathan TullOs.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of a writ OF tieri facias, issued out
of the Goth judicial District Court CT
Louisiana, in and for Washington
Parish, in the above entitled cause,
and to me directed. will proceed to
sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, on
Saturday, September 2, 1916
at the principal front door of the court
house at Franklinton, La, between
legal sale hours for judicial sales, the
following described property to-wit.
An undivided one-half interest in
and to the ne, of the sci, and the sell
of the sci, section 9, township 8, south,
range II, east, St. Helena meridian,
except all that part of the sci of the
sea, said section, township and range
lying west of the public road, and
about FIVE acres east of said road in
the sw corner of the mel of the sci
and the NV corner of the sci of the
sci, said section, township and range.
Terms of sale: Cash with benefit
OF appraisemenu.
This the 9th day Of July, 1915.
J, E. Bateman, Sheriff.
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It was said at Washington the

1t was said at Washington the
Broussard bill on admission OF
Latin. American cattle at gulf
ports is slated for passage at tAe
December session.
Senator Lewis in a speech IN
the Senate, saiu Republican at
tacks on President Wilson led to
bandit raids and the Carrlzal
slaughter.
General Carranza's note or
conferences relative to Dor de-
troubles was received at Wash
,ngton and was considered salts
factory.
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Sheriff Sale.-No. 1852.
Jos. Cangelosi Company, Ltd'
,JOseph D'AntOniO.

Joseph D'AntOnlO.
Notice is hereby given that by vir..
tue of a writ of tieri facias issued
out of the 26th Judicial District Court
of Louisiana, in and for Washington
parish, in the above entitled cause
and to me directed, l will proceed to
sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, on
Saturday, September 9, 1916
at the principal front door of the court
house at Franklinton, La, between
the legal sale hours for judicial sales,
the following described property, TO-
wit:
Lot "a in block 1872, Northwest Bog
alusa, in the City of Bogalusa, Wash
ington Parish, Louisiana.
Terms of sale-Cash with beneh'
of appraisement.
This 31st day of July, 1916.
J.E. Bateman, Sheriff.
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DIED.
By special request of numerous

DN SpOOldl lSlASOH
friends here, where he was well
known, we reprint the following
account of the death Of the late
John McAvoy, from a Saganaw'
Michigan. newspaper:
John McAvoy, a prominent
resident Of Saganaw for many
wears and active in business cir
Giles, passed away at his home'
516 Thompson street, early SUM-
day morning, death being due to
acute kidney trouble. He was
we'll known member and an ottl-
Ger of the West Side Business
association, assisted in building
the first stone road in Saginaw
county, was the owner of model
farm, and a leader of the move.
ment which brought about the
opening Of the new Hotel Ford
ney.
Mr.. McAvoy had not been IN
good health of late but had been
able to be around as usual. He
went to Bay Port last Thursday
on the evening train to visit at
the home Of his son, Royleston.
He was i'll when he left the
train and few hours later be-
came unconscious and did not
regain consciousness after that.
He was brought to Saginaw and
his home Saturday night.
John McAvoy was born in Ba'
ker, N. Y, Dec. u, 1858, ano
came to Michigan and to Sagi-
nav when II years old. He was
associated with the Corning
Lumber Co., as landlooker and
buyer for years. He was inter
ested in lands in the Lake Super
ior district, and % years ago be
came connected with W. W. OH
yer of Escanaba, Mich. in th'
timber land business, and thi
partnership continued until hi
death. Mr., McAvoy had man,
interests and spent much time 9
late years in Louisiana, Alabam
and Mississippi, being associate
in other timber lands with Cong
J. W. Fordney and A. T. Terrell
He was treasurer Of the F0rdney
Fassett Timber Co. Of Louisiana
Mr.. McAvoy was a pioneer on
thusiast for good roads, an
brought speakers here and led tn
movement in this county. H
with others guaranteed the con
struction of the first stretch {
stone road in the county, tn
being out South Washingto
avenue, He gave part of hi
time one summer working wit
the men and experimenting II
building Of this road.
He dealt largely in real esta
on the West Side and was a d
rector of Commercial Nation
Bank. He purchased the HAM
ton Square block some years as
and remodelled it. He also OWL
ed the property on which tn
Hotel Fordney stands, and we
largely instrumental in bringi'
about the reconstruction and tt
opening of this modern hotel.
For several years he resided
1865 South Washington avenu
spending part of each whit
in the south. He owned an
acre farm near Burt and for MAJ
years was interested in breedil
and raising short horn cattle.
He was a lover of nature, W
q hunter and fisherman and
the past 10 years had hunted al
fished with William H. Wallac
of the Michigan Sugar Co.
believed in the protection of gal
and fish that needed assistant
He was interested in trap shoe
ing and was prominent in 10
choto NJ, No ,,o,, ,,v,c r. -, =,
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FYcuRSl0N and Weekend Fares.

Week end fares from above points
to New Orleans and return, gong
Saturday or Sunday returning Mon
day.
For further particulars call on agents
or write. NJ, ]. Mcmahon, g. 7. A,
" New Orleans
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partisanship and sectionalism as
neither has been exercised since the
days of reconstruction.
The speech-makor says the gov
eminent has been made the friend
Of business
But the president forced on bust
ness tariff measure which. in its
first year of operation, caused I'm
ports to rise to an unprecedented
height, and exports to fall far below
the proud mark they had set under
the protective tariff It was n meas
ure which closed factories. which
doubled business failures, which
Threw NnCountcd thousands out OF
work, which shattered domestic
trade still more completely than it
shattered foreign trade. 1t hurled
the United States into a business
slump from which it did not rally I'M
I'll months after the European war
had started, all foreign competition
was removed, and, on the other
hand, every foreign nation which
could send ships to our wharves was
buying from us TO the limit OF its
credit and of our capacity. In
framing the Underwood tariff COM
mon sense was ignored.
I'VE have admitted that on the
one side and on the other we were
talking theories and managing poll
cies without sufficient knowledge
of the facts"
a quotation from Mr.. Hughes? No,
indeed 1t is confession from Mr..
wilson. He applies 1t to the tariff
situation, and seeks to prove that In
naming a tariff commission he has
made forward step toward obtain
ing "a sufficient knowledge of the
facts" He has. But this is the same
Democratic party which blocked the
carrying out Of this same policy
when 1t was warmly urged by the
previous Republican administration.
The speech-maker is the same
president who secuted the facts about
our trade, about Mexico, about the
Far East, about Europe, and IMAM
aged policies without a sufficient
knowledge" Of those facts. and only
today has discovered the facts which
every one else knew before he be-
gan his experiments.
It is extraordinary, that man
whose blunders all but wrecked our
domestic prosperity until a world
war came to the rescue, and scuttled
our foreign policies of century's
duratlon-it is astonishing that such
an executive should now prove that
he has admirable ideas on economic
problems, and on the Seve of the ma