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The Era-leader., 1918-08-08

to the state rather than a credit
in favor Of the Ex-Governor for
these reasons:
(a) He held three sessions OF
the General Assembly and one
Constitutional Convention and
tried to hold another, altogether
costing the people over three hun
dred thousand dollars for elec-
tons and expenses.
(b) He lefta deficit in the Gen.
eral Fund of nearly four hundred
thousand dollars, so that special
tax of three -fourths of mill had
to be levied for one year to pay
the debts due by his administra-
ton. No Governor before in over
twenty-five years had done this.
(c) He waged war on the for
mer State Bank Examiner for
nearly d year before his term ex-
pired, because he became angered
at one of the Assistant Examiners
who had discovered an unsatis.
factory condition in certain bank
located in the State Capital which
had made false entries in its books
in connection with the Governors
note therein, and with whose presi.
dent he was especially intimate.
(d) By refusing to have the
Tensas Basin Land Sale investi-
gated, which could have been
done at nominal expense as pro-
{ vided in a Senate Resolution in
1914, he forced the creation of a
Probe Commission costing twenty
thousand dollars.
(e) His refunding Of our State
= = Bonded debt was likewise a very
expensive administrative mistake,
costing nearly a million dollars in
principal and interest.
(f) His Penitentiary Board in
!, creased in indebtedness in foul
8 years, practically six hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, o.
. from 1921, 100000 to 1891, 100000
and which the present administra
;, ton is now paying off at the rate
!, Of $3.50, 100000 per year beside
caring for the interest and i'm
proving the properties. In thi
increase of debt was one item O
d ten thousand dollars bonus none,
paid to the same New Orlean
- bank that had reaped the profit
- out of the State bond sale, fo
~ ~ floating the Penitentiary Board
y paper bearing five per cent inter
- est. Not only did he pay on
~ bonus Of twenty thousand dollar
y as above stated, but he attempte
% to pay this same bank and trus
company another bonus of twent
thousand dollars for floating som
more paper for the Penitentiar
- Board, bearing the same rate
~ interest but the Secretary of tt
j. Board absolutely refused to sig
' the check Tor the same ana save
U. this money for the state, In tn
Vi connection, it might not be ami
Wv to say that the present admins
VI tration floated the same Board
AZ paper at the same rate of intere
81 and obtained apremium thereto
~ Let US cast up the figures.
y REHABILITATION
IL Cost of three extra sessions $61 ,033
Constitutional Convention. 12,S45
he Probe Commission. ....... 10000
,r- Primary and General Elec-
"a ton, End Constitutional
ca Convention. ............. $4,000
'iu Election, 1st Constitutional
;he Convention. .....,,,... 100000
bit Cost Qi Militia in jefferson
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Read! Read! Read !!
o.cord of Gov. L. E. Halls
Administration,
j012=lV16.
FACTS VS.. FICTION.
pv +, E. THOMAS, of Caddo
:, cnsaker House of Representatives

Ey.Speaker HOUSE u l'o
Fellow Citizens: |
The discussion of the record of
any candidate is d legitimate sub
iaet Of inquiry and since one OF
he daily newspapers Of New Or
l..os in a recent editorial invited
tbs same, I wish to present some
/ matters for the consideration of
the public
Believing that honors should be
svsrded to whom honors are due,
/ Ifssl impelled to call the atten-
bon Of the citizens Of this state to
tbe potent reasons why l believe
i hat Ex-Governor L. E. Hall is
not entitled to be elected by them
bthe exalted position of United
States Senator. | stand ready
tOprove every assertion of fact
herein stated.
First. He manifested very little
I loyalty to the Democratic party
in 1916, for although he held the
uosition of Governor of the State,
and as such was the official head
1 Of the party, yet he did not even
4 vote in the Democratic Primary
Election in January or in the
General Election in April, 1915.
4 furthermore when the Democrat
ic Committee met in New Orleans
to declare the nominees, on Feb
4 ruary 9th, 1916. he declined to at
tend these meetings although he
i was at the st. Charles Hotel only
j two blocks away at the time and
there was a large attendance Of
enthusiastic Democrats that would
have welcomed him. In war par
lance the word "slacker' would
4 ftthe case. Such political apathy
/ fnOt disloyalty, should certainly
/ not be rewarded with the highest
4 Office within the gift of the Demo
critic Party in this state.
Second. He was opposed to the
I sleetion of President Woodrow
4 wilson in 1912, while he was Gov.
amor, and sarcastically referred
s bhim as a "school teacher' as
\ though on that account, he was
4 not worthy to fill the high office Of
4 President. OF course, the splen-
4 did administration of the Presi.
dent may have changed his opin
lon on this subject, but originally
{ 10 was no admirer of our worthy
1 President.
i Third. Contrary to the wishes
oithe other members of the Boar(
Of fLlquidation of the State Debt
4 lelnsisted and persisted in hav'
4 ing joined all the discredited obi
4 gahons of the state with the con
sdtutional amendment providing
lor the valid bonded indebtedness
4 o. the state. This resulted in th'
I Wer-whelming defeat Of the sai'
eonstltutional amendment by owe
Menty thousand majority. Sue
management forced a Consti
atlonal Convention in the state i
9der to provide for refunding tn
Rlld Indebtedness of the stat
end it cost the people for the elet
a0n and convention over on
aundred thousand dollars, whic
s0uld have been avoided by TO
Wwlng the wishes of the othe
members Of the Board of Liqui
0ation Of the State Debt.
4 Fourth. lie delayed and pos
4 p0aed action on refunding OF
ssaee bonded Indebtedness unit
& ae ame was so short that on.
Z ne syndicate bid was obtaine
] QUO !. which he voted to accept at
{ useount. This bid was at .961.
0slng a discount of four hundr
aao twenty -four thousand dolla
walcn the state lost in princip
p'0s interest thereon, which h
made the refundinp nronosit;
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the expense of the tax payers of
this state. Not only were these
gilt edge state bonds sold at a
discount above stated, but within
a few months the Governor bought
in for the state, several thousand
dollars of these same bonds pay
ing a heavy premium thereon.
This further demonstrates that
the sale at discount, was big
financial blunder. On December
9Th. 1918, the date bids were open
ed for the new State Bonds, a
large Trust and Banking Company
of New Orleans put in a straw
bid of .95 for these same bonds,
while it was a silent or secret
partner in the syndicate which bid
of .96142, and the said bank re-
ceived thousands of dollars profit
and a big deposit without putting
up a dollar or buying a single
bond. At the close of his term.
the Governor removed to New Or
leans and the announcement was
made in the press that he was to
receive a large annual salary from
that same bank and it's allied in
stitution in that city as its Attor-
ney.-(S (See issue Baton Rouge
State Times, May 10th, 1915, page
7, column u
Fifth. He tried to force a Con-
stitutional Convention on the
people of this state in 1915, based
on unfair representation and he
did not even wish the same sub
mitted to a vote Of the people for
their approval or rejection. This
was Autocracy and not Democ-
racy. The people turned the
proposition down overwhelming
ly.
Sixth. His entire campaign for
Governor in 1912 was based on
denunciation, villifcation and
abuse of the New Orleans Regular
Democratic Organization, as a
machine that he would crush, but
whose support he has been seek
ing on grounds unnecessary tt
enumerate.
Seventh. He kept the Demo
cratic Party in turmoil on accoun
of his efforts to punish many O.
those that had not supported hin
in the primary instead of promot'
ing peace and harmony. Thi
was manifested in his efforts t.
politicalize the important DocI
Board of the Port Of the City O
New Orleans, by removing res
ponsible and respectable citizen
of the highest type, and eve
those whom he had appointed i
order to compel them to obey hi
behest.
Eight. He violated the princi
pies of civil and political libert
by stationing the militia in tn
Parish of Jefferson for numbe
, of weeks at an enormous eypens
, to the State of Louisiana, to yer
, a personal dislike he had for til
! civil authorities in that paris
!, who were politically opposed
himself. This was more milltar
autocracy, similar to that
= "George III" and which our for
. fathers denouncedin in the Declar'
q ton of Independence.
}. He violated the principles
Q the Constitution and continual
h reprieved one who had been az
l. Judged guilty of contempt
# court, when the same had n
: been acted upon by the Board
Pardons, and his last official a
j. was to grant him reprieve f
IT a period of four years beyol
il his own term of office in ord
y to help out political frier
d regardless of the Judiciary d
n nartmant of the State Cover
The Era-leader., 1918-08-08

Greenwood, Miss, July 3d.
Deputy United States Marshal
W. l.. Anthony has returned
from Oxford where he took F. !
W, Georg of CJarksdale, alleged
German alien, to be interned |
until after the war.
Georg went to Clarksdale some
months ago with letters Of in.
PRODUCTION and obtained a posi-
tion as bookkeeper with a lum-
Der company there. When
aliens were required to register
he refused to do so until told
that he would be arrested and
placed in Jail. In filling out the
questions on the registration
card he told the officials that he
was in the United States on a
special mission" but refused to
divulge what that special mis-
sion" was, and from that time on
! has been under close surveillance
When the war savings stamps
sale was on recently Georg was
approached by a Clarksdale COM
mittee, and when handed a card
containing the call: Buy W. S. S.
and help win the war" he is said
to have exclaimed: That's the
reason | won't buy stamps; my
sympathies are with Germany"
He was promptly arrested and
is now interned.
--------------- --------------- W.S.S. --------------
Become stockhOlder in the
United States--buy War Saving
Stamps.
--------------W s. S. S----------
Notice., the under
signed, convicted of as
sault with intent to mur=
0 der, on April %, 1917
am applying for parole.
Wilber Baughman.
The Era-leader., 1918-08-08

Become stockhOlder in the
United States--buy War Saving
Stamps.
The Era-leader., 1918-08-08
Man Faces Internment.

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New-York tribune., 1918-06-27
British Continue Raids
On Lines Near the Sor1me
(By The Associated Press


WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Tuesday, June 25. - British
raiders are still tapping the German
lines between Flanders and the Somme,
sampling the garrisons new to the bat
tlefront in order to test tLeir strength
camps behind them.
In one of the battles to-day twenty
one men, with an officer, and ten ma
chine guns we're brought il. from the
enemy lines southwest of Arras, and
from the upper side of the River
Scarpe six prisoners were brought back
by raiding party. Heavy lombard
ments, varying in length, arc being laid
on the British trenches ct odd hours.
Some of them are in the nature of re-
hearsal barrages, but the German in
fantry is keeping quietly in its own
trenches.
The German spirit of retaliation is
curiously weak, especially in the sector
vest of Bailleul, where the British have
made series of successful attacks dur
ing the past month without having had
tc give up any Of the captured ground.
Two attempts we're made yesterday by
the enemy t. take back trenches lost
Monday morning. Both efforts failed
before the assaulting troops were more
than a few yards from their shelters.
The French and Belgian troops are
doing their share in harassing the
enemy.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-27
New u. S. Line Cuts
Time to Chile 9 Days

WASHINGTON, June 26.-The first
american steamship assigned by the
Shipping Board to the newly estab
llshed route between New York and
Valparaiso has arrived at the Chilean
port, reducing the usual time of pas
sage from twenty-seven to eighteen
days. The appreciation of the Chilean
government was expressed in cable
gram received to-day by Secretary Nc
Adoo from Daniel Feliu, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, who said:
Speaking in behalf of his excellencv
the President of the Republic, | beg
your excellency to be good enough to
accept the sincere expression Of the
gratitude of the government of Chile
for the friendly efforts of your ex-
cellency, which have been effective in
maintaining the service of the United
States government line to Chile, line
which furnishes SO strong bond be-
tween the United States and Chile"
The route between New York and
Valparaiso is the first in world ser
wee OF direct steamship lines planned
by, the Shipping Board. AS fast as yes
sells are available they will be put into
weekly passenger service between New
York and Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo.
Buenos Ayres and Caracas, on the east
coast of South America, and ports of
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile. on
the west coast, as we'll as to Mexico.
Guatemala, Nicaragua. Honduras and
Costa Rica.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-27

matte break with the German Empire
"The rupture of relations is simply
declaration that commercially we
yoke ourselves to the United States.
When the war is over, Costa Rica will
have no other recourse than to hide be-
hind Uncle Sans coat tails. | am
triumph, and when that time comes
they will hold US strictly to account.
We have not even the right to be neu-
trail"
Congressman DR.. Vincente Castro:
"After the war Germany will continue
to influence the world commercially
and intellectually, her imperialism not
being like that of the Yankee, who buys
debts of people in order to subjugate
them and fights battles in which she
sheds not single drop of blood"
"The opposition continued to fight
Tinoco," the statement continues,
"openly in Congress and out of Con-
gress, which finally, on the 22d day of
February, 1918, eliminated in revolu-
tion under the leadership of the pro-
German members of Congress, and
Priests Solomon Valenciano and Jorge
Volio, also Mariana Guardia, Conzalez's 8
ex-Secretary of the Treasury; brother
in-law of the German Consul and
Krupps' agent, Felix Wiss. The revolu-
tion was promptly suppressed by Ii
noco's government.
Peace again prevailed throughout
the republic.
"Tinoco declared war on Germany
May 23, 1913"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-27
Grippe Epidemic in
German Army Delays
Plans for Offensive

LONDON, June 26.-Influenza is
now epidemic all along the German
front, according to advices received
here from the Dutch frontier, and the
prevalence of this ailment is said to be
hampering the preparations for Of
fensivc operations.
The proportion of men sent to hos
pitals on account of influenza has risen
rapidly in all the German units in the
last few days, and special hospitals
are being established in the rear areas,
dealing solely with this disease.
Thus far only the more serious cases
have been sent to the hospital, but the
German army doctors say that unless
even the light cases are removed from
the units. it will be difficult to prevent
further spread of the epidemic.
The disease prevalent is reported to
be of the new Spanish type, which re-
Gently broke out in Berlin and other
German cities, and is presumed to have
been brought to the trenches by men
returning from leave. In the German
cities the disease has been very hard
to deal with, owing to the shortage of
doctors and the conditions of under
nutrition among the CITY populations
New-York tribune., 1918-06-27
Sharp Local Fighting Is
Reported From Several
Points on the Line
Allies Take Prisoners
~ German Airplanes Are
Shot Down in Day by
French Airmen

LONDON, June 26.-Thc Allied
armies on the battlefront in France to-
day engaged in sharp local fighting and
raiding operations in Flanders and
Picardy. The violence of the artillery
increased last night and continued un.
abated for several hours on the front
between Arras and Albert and on both
sides of the Sommc.
Northwest of Montdidier French
troops made raid into the German
lines north Of Grivesnes and inflicted
losses on the enemy in killed anc
prisoners. Other sorties by British anc
French troops in various sectors nettcd
prisoners and some war booty
Twenty-Five German airplanes were
brought down and three observation
balloons burned on June 25. the French
War Office announced. In addition
Allied bombing squadrons raided enem,
cantonments, depots and aviation
grounds in the battle zone and dropped
more than seventeen tons of explosives
wrecking many of their objectives anc
causing fires. British fiers also were
active.
Except for the constant thunder OF
the enemy's guns along the Picardy
battlefront, there are no further signs
of the new German drive, which OBJ
servers believe will fall there.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-27

were observed on the engine sheds and
on the Metallurgique works, where
large explosion was caused.
photographs confirm the extent OF
the damage in the two places. The
factories and station at Sasrbruccken
also were damaged
"lr the course of many attacks by
hostile airplanes on our machines, two
Of the enemy were shot down and two
others were forced 10 land out Of con-
troll. Three of our machines are miss
ing. One of them is known to have
been forced to land inside the enemy
lines because of engine troubles"
The official communication dealing
with aviation issued this evening says:
"The weather conditions on June 25
were unfavorable for artillery observa-
ton. but some hostile batteries were
located and reported by our machines.
A number of reconnaissance also were
carried out and photographs taken
an air fighting ten enemy airplanes
were destroyed and four driven down
out of control. Seven OF our machines
arc missing.
"The total of bombs dropped during
the day and night amounted 10 ten
tons"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-27
Hlaire Belloc's View of the Battle

mand made in continuing the ac-
tion after its original plan was up-
set on the Asiago Plateau as early
as Monday, June II. The attempt
to extend the San Dona bridge
head was especially costly.
The pause imposed upon the Ger
mans in France by their check in the
Matz battles is now nearly of fort
nights duration. The length Of time
between each portion of the offensive
and it's renewal is fairly exact in
dex Of the enemy loss. For the only
cause for such lulls is the necessity
for reorganization and recruitment.
Every weeks delay is clearly disad-
vantageous to the German army in
the presence of American arrivals
on the field.
The attack on Rheims still remains
unexplained and apparently mex
plicable. The extension of some 25,-
900 troops over line fifteen miles
long for an intensive attack invited
failure, and it is impossible to dis
cover either why such an INSULT
cient force was employed or what
the final object was that they ex-
pected to gain. Probably the true
explanations were political.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-27
Caproni Offers plane
For 'Cross-Sea Flight
Aero Club Urges Washington
Invite Inventor to Supply
Machine and Pilot

The Aero Club of America an
nounced yesterday that Lieutenant Bel
loni, of the Royal Italian Flying Corps,
had told Alan R. Hawley, president of
the club, that Caproni had an aeroplane
that can make the transatlantic flight
and hundreds of avators. who were
ready to make the attempt. Caproni,
the Italian lieutenant said, could send
suitable machine to the United States
or build one here.
The Caproni offer was sent to Wash
lngton and the Aero Club asked that he
be invited to send over an aeroplane
for the trial. The Monsanti Chemical
Works has sent the following message
to the Aero Club:
"A very important London firm
cablcd request to obtain estimate
cost. of shipping three to four thou
sand pounds Of saccharine to London
by aeroplane or seaplane. Willing to
pay substantial amount as price for
Red Cross fund.
"In explanation, this cable inouirv
is fact that saccharine is very scarce
and much wanted in London due to
sugar shortage. We are unable to
obtain ship space to England. Wire
what Is possible cost and any other
New-York tribune., 1918-06-27
By Hilaire Belloc
Especial Cable TO The Tribunr)

copyright 1918 by Tho Tribune Assoca.ion)
LONDON, June 26.-The latest
dispatches present little for COM
ment. They tell us definitely that
the Austro- Hungarian army has ef
fected its retirement successfully,
with little loss in wounded and
stragglers.
Apparently about 5 per cent, or
a little less, Of the forces which
crossed the Piavc were taken pris-
oner This is a small proportion.
On the other hand, we now know
that the enemy's losses in dead and
wounded are exceptionally high.
The estimate of 10000 is probab-
~ too great. Much the greater part
OF such loss falls on the infantry,
and not more than two and a half
times that number of infantry were
engaged. No army could lose close
on 70 half it's men actually engaged
in five days and survive.
But even with a lower and more
probable figure in mind, the enemy's
loss is extraordinarily high and out
OF all proportion to the Italian. This
is due to the error the enemy COM
New-York tribune., 1918-06-27

Rica statements to incite people against
the pro-Ally government and the Ameri-
cans. President Tinoco caused the ar
rest of krmpel and several of his fol-
lowers to show cause in the court upon
what authority they had circulated such
reports, and in the judicial investiga-
tlon of the matter to trace it to it's
source the German propagandist Juan
kumpel. the intimate friend and finan-
cial adviser of the Gonzalez administra-
| tlon, testified upon oath that he had re-
ceived letters from Gonzalez stating
that President Wilson had offered to
put him back in his official place by the
power of the American government
"The fact, that an agent of our State
Department, Vice Consul Fitzpatrick,
dignified the hearing by his presence
understood to have been there by or
der of Stewart Johnson, American
Charge d'Affaires ad int.), and acted as
a witness, signing the statement made
by Kumpel under oath, vilifying Presi-
dent Wilson, giving aid and comfort to
, overthrow the pro-Ally government, and
failed to deny KumpePs statement, left
potent weapon in the hands of the
ant-Americans to lncite fear and dis
trust in the good faith of the American
government among the people of Costa
Rica.
"At this crisis, September 81, 1917,
President Tinoco severed diplomatic re
! lations with the German government.
"The pro-Gcrmans and the anti
Americans in the. Congress of Costa
Rica, in the debate upon the right of
the President to break diplomatic rela-
tions with Germany, attacked and
! traduced President Wilson and our
government, and on the other hand
lauded the Kaiser and the German
government, as their past protector and
their hope in the future"
The statement then gives extracts of
the speeches made at that time by
some of the pro- German members Of
the Costa Rican Congress. A few ex-
tracts follow:
Congressman Acosta: "I am an anti
Yankee and would prefer to be of any
of the other races than to be Yankee.
The Yankee worships only one thing,
the dollar. On account of their riches
they can be terrible enemies and they
only attack an adversary when it is
weak and unarmed. President Wilson
is an old-fashioned school master one
of those who apply the magster dixit;
he believes that nobody can oppose him
when he has spoken"
Congressman Fernandez: "The peo.
pie of Costa Rica do not deplore the
German methods. The Germans fought
with us as comrades in our defence OF
Central America in 1856. The Minister
OF Foreign Relations was pro-Ally be-
fore becoming minister, and since he
moved into the chancellorship he has
done nothing else but urge the diplo-