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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Joseph Letulle, residing at Union,
La, accidentally shot and killed his
seven-year-old son, Lionel, while ex-
aiming an old revolver preparatory
to investigating the cause of mysteri-
Gus noises about his house at night.
The boys mother is very delicate
woman and it is apprehended the
shock may cause her death.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Guigou and family
and Postmaster and Mrs. Wilfred Gui-
gou, who for some time past have
been residing together in the Quimby
cottage in Lafourche street, effected
change of domicile this week. The
A. Guigou household have moved in,
to the commodious Kline dwelling in
Iberville street, between Railroad
avenue and Houmas street, and Mr..
and Mrs. Wilfred Guigou have taken
possession of the cozy residence in
Houmas stree lately vacated by Mr..
and Mrs. w. Z. Gremillion and fam
lily. The latter are now suburbanites,
having taken up their home on Bayou
Lafourche, short distance below
Donaldsonville.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Thomas &. Watson was acquitted
at Augusta, Ga, last month at third
trial on charges of having sent OBJ
scene matter through the mails. The
first indictment was quashed on tech
nicalities nearly two years ago. A
new indictment was found and trial
in December, 1915, resulted in dead
locked jury. Mr.. Watson is noted
speaker, publisher and author, and
the publications upon which the
prosecution was based were mainly
directed against the Catholic church.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Miss Lucille Pleasant, sister of Gov.
Pleasant, was married at Homer, La,
Jan. p, to Benjamin NJ. Johnson, son
of State Senator A. r. Johnson of the
Claiborne district. The governor at
tended the ceremony and gave the
bride away.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

The joint office of the Southern
and American sapress companies at
Winfield, La, Was robbed and set
afre by burglars before daylight Jan.
21. A number Of burglaries had pre-
viously been committed in the town,
and this eliminating outrage caused
much public excitement and indigna-
ton.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03
FOR RENT.

,TsRACTS OF FARM LAND in east Ascen-s
Z sion parish, in rear of Miles Company's
plantations, ranging from 20 to 21s
acres Suitable for cultivation of cottonas
corn, cane and other crops, Reasonable
terms. Apply to or address WE'LL RKOS.s
CO., LTD. butcher La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Hammond has several candidates
for mayor who will be voted for and
against at Democratic primary on
Feb. II. At the head of the bunch
is j. 3. Adams, the veteran editor Ct
the Southern indicator, and we hope,
he will be there still when the voteA
are totted up.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03
Shower for Charming Bride-Elect.

Shower for Charming Bride-Eiect.
Miss Maude Landry entertained at
a miscellaneous shower last Satur-
day evening in honor of Miss Lily
Weber, whose marriage to DR.. Seisel
Darracott, of Marksville, will be
solemnized on the 18th inst. Five
hundred was played, and the pretty
prizes were awarded to Miss Weber
and Mrs. E. L. Boudreaux. Delicious
refreshments were served after the
games. Those who attended, besides
the lovely guest Of honor, were Miss
es Euphemie Guigou, Lydia Ramirez,
Jeanne Constantin, Magda Alleman,
Selma Esneault, Amelie Gre, Louise
Leblanc, Resale, Anita and Ella
Agnes Landry, Matte Comstock, and
Mesdames Jules Leblanc, T. H. Han
son, E. L. Boudreaux and Fred. Lam
dry
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

The St. Landry Clarion is publish
ing an advertisement of a public sale
that fills nearly eleven columns of the
newspapers space. Maybe that isn't
fat take. fellers!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Miss Mary Jane Stuart spent the
past weekend in Baton Rouge as the
guest of her brother-in-law and Sis
ter, DR.. and Mrs. Harry Morris.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03
FOR RENT.

MOTEL AND LIVERY STABLE at Geis.
EN mar La. Well located and doing goes
business. Present owner wishes to r..
tire Address PICARD & GEISMAR, LTD
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03
For a Bilious Attack.

When you have severe headache,
accompanied by coated tongue,
loathing of food, constipation, torpid
liver, vomiting of partly digested food
and then bile. you may know that you
have a severe bilious attack. While
you may be quite sick there is much
consolation in knowing that relief
may be had by taking three of Cham
berlain's Tablets. They are prompt
and efectual. Obtainable every
where.-(Adv.)
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Lawrence Guillot, white man aged
rs years, was instantly killed by COM
ing in contact with live electric wire
in the Ruston Foundry and Machine
Shops at Alexandria, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03
WANTED.

rALESMEN tV4solicit orders for luhricat.s
3 ing oils, greases and paints4 Salary q
commission. Address HARVEY OIL Coz
Cleveland, o.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Notre confrere estin d., L'obser-
vateur de Reserve, par ST. Jean
Baptiste. commences Nuiene
volume lie IS Janvier, bser-
vateur is one of th jana
newspapers that is s Hl|ig
in French and par
this paragraph is, s + 4 +
live long to contirI
practice. n Il Al
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Livingston parish is getting her
eyes open, stretching herself and
talking about voting a bond issue of
100000 for the construction of good
"a DIS. Good morning, neighbor, glad
be you stirring.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03
NOTICE
Read your home paper.

I am applying for a pardon.
4 CAIRUE JAMES
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03

Tell 'em you saw it in The Chief.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-03
ARE WE ON tn

There is an iln
we had almost wi
that President Viii
Lansing's Intimately
States were near tE
untary embodiment
war may be at an,
tuated by an omci
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
WHISTLER WAS MOST ACTIVE
Observer MarveIed at Great Energy
Displayed by the Famous Artist
In His Studio.

The studio was surprisingly differ
ent from the room he previously used
in Lindsay row, and entirely unlike
the studios usually occupied by other
artists, says Hay in Memories Of
Whistler" / remember a long, not
very lofty room, very light, with win
dOws along one side /; his canvas beside
his model at one end and at the
other, near the table which he used
as a palette, an old Georgian looking
glass, so arranged that he could see
his canvas and model reflected in it.
Those who use such mirror Gas he
did constantly will know that 1t is
the most merciless of critics.
marveled then at his extraordinary
activity, as he darted backward and
forward to look at both painting and
model from his point of view at the ex-
treme end Of the long studio. He, always
used brushes of large size with very
long handles, three feet In length, and
held them from the end with his arms
stretched to their full extent. Each
touch was laid on with great flrmness,
and his physical strength enabled him
to do without the assistaAce Of mahl-
stick, whilst the distance at which he
stood from the canvas allowed him to
have the whole Of large picture In
sight and so Judge the correct drawing
Of each touch.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Colorado.

Miners in the Leadville district vOt-
ed GAL to 72 to strike.
Work on the Iron Mask below
Breckenridge is progressing rapidly.
The recent strike in the King Sol
omQn mine at Frisco is Hholding out
we'll. ~, ).
The placer gold, principally dredged
gold, output Of the Breckenridge dis
trict for June exceeded 100000.
The Wellington Mines Company con-
tinues it's regular heavy output of
zinc ore concentrates, with occasion
al lead shipments.
The production from the mines in
the Cripple Creek district for June
totals 89,740 tons, with gross bull
lion value of $1,064,465
In the Breckenridge district work
has been started on large scale on
the Royal Tiger Mines Company
property, just above Swan City.
Dividends paid in May, 1917, by
thirty-one United States mining and
metallurgical companies making pub
lie returns amount to $11,327,547, as
compared with $11 1,038,170 paid by
thirty-four companies in May, 1916.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
FOREIGN

Hungarian premier will dissolve
parliament
German chancellor will make new
offer of peace.
Munition workers and soldiers clash
in food riots In Germany.
Young Emperor Of China is marked
for death by military leaders.
Elihu Root, head of the American
mission to Russia, has donated 5000
rubles to the soldiers of Moscow.
A Reuter- Limited dispatch from
Peking announces that Hsuan Tung,
the young emperor, has abdicated.
BY a decree the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquor of any kind
in the state of Chihuahua is forbidden
under severe penalties.
The Canadian house of commons
adopted the resolution by Premier
Borden passing to second reading the
bill for compulsory military service.
Alaskans are given from July 2 to
Sept. 2 to register for war service
under the selective draft, under the
terms of presidential proclamation
Under command of Lieut.. Madem-
oiselle Vera Butchkareff, the womens
war battalion, fully armed and
equipped as infantry left Petrograd
for the front.
"A British torpedo boat destroyer
was torpedoed by an enemy submarine
in the North Sea and sunk says an
official statement from London Eight
men were killed.
Fighting began at Lang Fang, abou:
thirty-five miles southeast of Peking,
between the troops of General Chang
Hsun, supporter of the monarchy, and
the forces of the Republicans.
Premier Lloyd George announced in
the house of commons that the Irish
convention would meet July Is to deal
with preliminary business, including
the appointment of chairman.
A semi official German statement
reaching Copenhagen reports that
food riots occurred not only in Stet-
tin and Dusseldorf, but also in two ST.
lesian cities, Gleiwitz and Hinden-
burg.
According to dispatch from
Buenos Aires to the London Times
the Argentine government has de-
manded an immediate apology and in
demnity from Germany for the tor
pedoing of the Argentine vessels
Oriana and Toro and guarantee that
the Argentine flag will be respected in
the future
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
He Would Pay.

1t happened at a Christmas party.
A pretty young lady had asked one Of
the male guests to pass a dish of al
mOnds and raisinS
''With pleasure" he replied, "but do
you know. that what you have asked
for is called in the vernacular Kiss
MISS" and that the penalty of kiss
attaches to the request?"
"Is that SOP" answered the lady,
calmly. IT must consult my husband"
And she called across the room to him,
and repeated the observation.
"Quite So" he replied. According
to custom it is a just debt and must
be paid. But is the gentleman aware
of the arrangement made when we
were married-that I must settle all
my wife'S liabilities|
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
New Mexico.

The Cobre-Plata Mining and Milling
Company, with a capital of $250,000,
has been incorporated.
The latest cleanup from the Mogol
lon mines mill amounted to 1,4O0 lbs.
bullion and 31a tons of high grade con-
centrates.
Ell Paso men have taken one years
bond and lease on the Atlas Apex
group in the Quartzite mining district
Dona Ana county.
Twenty tons of ore were shipped
from the Willow Creek mine on the
upper Pecos to the smelter at Salt
Lake City for a test run.
The Victor-American Fuel Com
pany's coal fields in New Mexico
have been sold to Hayden, Stone &
Co., for approximately 100000.
The famous Bridal Chamber mine
at Lake Valley, Sierra county, is
again being worked, but not for the
silver this time, but high grade
manganese ore of which three car
loads day are being shipped to the
steel mills at Joliet, Ill. A hundred
men are employed and two new
hoists have been installed.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Muddled.

The day was drawing to close.
Julge, jurors, witnesses and lawyers
all were growing weary. Counsel
for the prosecution was cross-exam-
lining the defendant.
Exactly how far is it between the
two towns?" he asked at length.
For some time the man stood think
ing, then:
"About four miles as the cry flows"
came the answer.
"You mean as the flow cries!" re-
tOrted the man of law.
The judge leaned forward.
mo" he remarked suavely; "he
means as the fly crows"
And they all looked at one another,
feeling that something was wrong
somewhere.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Wyoming.

The Community oil well, south of
Glenrock in the Big Muddy field,
which is being drilled by the Horse
shoe Oil and Gas Company and as
sociated interests, reported being
down 565 feet in gray shale.
The Salt Creek field of Wyoming
promises greater activity in the next
six months than has been known In
a like period. Several of the larger
companies are actively engaged in
drilling and others are preparing to
drill
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
POWDER MAGAZINE AT MARE ISL
AND BLOWN UP BY TERRIFIC
EXPLOSION.
6 DEAD AND 81 HURT
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AID
ING NAVAL AUTHORITIES
IN INVESTIGATION.

Vallejo, Calif-Six persons are dead
as the result of a terrific explosion
which destroyed the black powder
storehouse of the magazine at the
Mare Island navy yard early Monday.
Thirty-one injured persons have been
taken to the navy yard hospital.
The dead are Allen F. Mackenzie,
chief gunner, his wife and two
daughters, Dorothy, aged IL, and Mil
dred, 8; George Stanton, gardener
employed by Mackenzie, and N c..
Damsteadt, civilian employ6 in the
Ordnance Department.
The list of wounded includes non
commissioned officers, enlisted men
Of the United States navy and civil
ian laborers.
The explosion occurred at 7:45 a.
m. Eye witnesses said column of
black smoke arose 300 feet. Shells,
parts of steel plates, huge splinters
of wood and debris were hurled in all
directions.
The bungalow occupied by the Mac
kenzies and the family of Gunner
James L. McKenna, was demolished.
Vallejo is separated from Mare ISL
and by a narrow channel, which ac-
counts for the damage in this city.
A few minutes after the explosion
all the naval officers at Mare Island
and about 1000 marines and other re-
cruits were hurried to the scene to
fight the fire, which was soon under
control.
The first men reported injured
were three on the Southern Pacific
ferryboat El Captain. The ferryboat
was in the stream about two miles
fl ON the scene of the explosion, and
was damaged considerably, all the
windows and doors of the boat being
blown out.
At the Southern Pacific freight
sheds in Vallejo, about two miles
from the scene of the explosion, the
doors of the buildings were torn from
their hinges.
Santa Rosa, about forty miles
northwest of Mare Island, reported
that the explosion was felt there.
Residents thought it was an earth
quake.
San Francisco.-Agents of the De-
partment of Justice were sent to
Mare Island by United States Dis
trict Attorney John w. Preston to CO.
operate with the naval authorities in
determining the cause of Mondays
fatal powder explosion.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Former Congressman Strike Mediator

Denver.-President Wilson Monday
named former Congressman H. H. Sell
domridge of Colorado Springs as fed
eral mediator in the coal strike at the
properties of the coal mines formerly
owned by the Victor-American Com
pany at Gallup, N M, now controlled
by the Chino Copper and affiliated
companies. Mr.. Seldomridge left for
Gallup and will be followed by James
F. Moran, president, and Warren Pip
pin, secretary of District No. 10,
limited Mine Workers Of America.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Arizona.

Operations at the Jerome Verde are
being rushed.
Strikes in the Miami Globe
districts interfere with production.
The success of New Cornelia has
stimulated activities on many other
properties.
The big mill of the Yucca Tungsten
Company is now in commission and is
said to be doing exceptionally good
work.
The receipts from the first ship
ment of lead silver ores from the Ray
Silver Lead Company at Ray netted
$1,000. e~
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Clerical Party Demands Wars End.

Copenhagen-A Berlin dispatch to
the Fremdenblatt Of Hamburg says
that the entire clerical party in the
Reichstag, with the exception of three
members, voted to support the stand
taken by Matthias Erzberger, who
made a sensational speech in the Sc
cret session of the main committee,
attacking the admiralty and Pan-Ger-
mans as the great obstacle to peace
and advocating peace without ,annexa-
tions or indemnities and the introduc-
ton of a parliamentary form of gov
ernment.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Wilson Calls Entire National Guard.

Washington.-President Wilson is
sued a proclamation Monday drafting
the entire National Guard of the coun-
try into the United States army to
date from or before Aug. 5th next, and
also calling the regiments out for ac-
tive service The state troops of Wyo-
ming are called out for July 25th, and
Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico
guards on Aug. 5th.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Output in Cripple Creek District.

For the first half of 1917 the Grip
pie Creek mines and dumps yielded
441,740 tons of ore, from which was
taken gross or fire assay value of
$6.141,737.' Allowing 10 per cent
614,173-for losses from moisture,
sampling and treatment at smelters
and mills, leaves a net or United
States mint value equal to $5,527, ,564.
For the first half of 1917 the con-
solidated Cripple Creek report reads
fo1louuc.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Three RiIlion.RusheI Corn Crop.

Washington.-A 3,OOO,OO0,00 -bushel
prospective crop of corn this year is
the answer returned by farmers OF
the United States to President Will
sons call for food for Americas allies
in the war. Never before has such a
crop been grown.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14

Joe Thomas of Denver defeated Sol
der Rivers at Salida, Colo, in sched-
uled fifteen-round bout. gsr7">
A report was received at Denver
that Roy Hartzell of Golden, Colo,
will become manager of the Denver
Bears about July IA, despite the re-
peatsd denials of Owner Hughie
Jones. ..gR ss'szs a
The Colorado state patriotic ten:
his tournament will be held on the
Denver Country Club tennis courts,
commencing Aug. q. The entire pro-
ceeds of the tourney will go to the
Red Cross fund.
Axtien, a chestnut stallion, owned
by Sam Harris of Aurora, ILL.,, with
Harris up, set new worlds 2:11 trot
record for stallion in race on a
half mile dirt track at Lincoln, Nebr.,
covering the distance in the third heat
in 2:O9A.
GENERAL
DR.. Sun Vat Sen, first president OF
the Chinese republic, was placed at
tn head of the army and navy forces
OF the republic at meeting in Shang
hal.
West Virginia may not be bone
dry" under provision of the Reed con
stitutional amendment If enforcement
of the federal statute is left to state
nrohibition officials
The eleventh day of the strike in
the copper mines at Bisbee, Ariz.,
found a larger proportion of miners
at work There was no disorder. l.
w. w. pickets continue to patrol mine
property.
At Kingman, Ariz., warrants were
issued for the arrest of fifteen lead
ers of the Industrial Workers of the
World, who called a miners strike
of the Golconda camp. 1t is said the
men voted eight to one against the
strike.
The first violence in connection
with the strike of copper miners in
the Warren district was reported at
Bisbee, Ariz, an employe of the Cop
per Queen mine having been attacked
as he was returning home from work
on the night shift.
Ninety per cent of the day shift at
the United Verde Copper mine at
Jerome, Ariz., reported for work fol-
lowing the rejection by members OF
the International Union Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers of a proposal to sub
nit to- the membership the question
o. joining the Industrial Workers OF
the World in a strike.
Charles H. Meyer, president of the
International Smelter, Mine and Mill
Workers, said that every effort
would be used on the part of his union
tn bring about a conference that
would settle differences in the Lead
vile district and prevent a strike.
Acting under special orders from
the department of justice at Washing
ton, United States Deputy Marshal
Linford Denny at Trenton, NJ J., ar
rested Prof. Jonathan Zenneck, Ger
man radio expert, and took him to
Ellis Island where he will be in
termed for the duration of the war.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
w w Close Up Arizona Mine.

Phoenix, Aria special dispatch
to the Gazette from Kingman, Ariz.'
states that the Golconda mine there
has been closed through activities OF
the I. w. w. Two hundred miners
are said to be out.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Austrian Cabinet to Resign.

Amsterdam-The new Austrian Cab
met, the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin
says, it learns, has decided to resign
A new ministry, it adds, already Is in
course of formation
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices for Metals.
New York. - Lead - Spot, 11h
asked.
Bar silver-781Ac.
Copper-Casting, $29.12h.
st. Louis.-Spelter-$9.09.
Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates,
60 per cent, $17OO per unit; $1,000
asked.
Crude ores, 60 per cent, $500; Is
per cent, $9.40@12.00; 10 per cent,
$8.70Q10.00 per unit.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
Commercial Facility.

"Jones is a regular golden-mouthed
speaker"
IT never noticed he was so much of
an orator. What made him golden
mouthed? Perseverance,"
"No; his dentist"
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14

Troubles and thunderclouds usual
ly seem very black in the distance, but
grow lighter as they approach.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
as follows: :
Total, six months. .$1,31:

Total, six months. 81, 1925
This dividend figure equals 23.7 per
cent of the net value of the output,
and demonstrates clearly that the dis
capital, labor and skill invested there.
in.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-14
SPORTING NEWS

Joe Thomas of Denver defeated Sol
der Rivers at Salida, Colo, in sched-