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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18
BANK TELLS Of GREAT PROSPERITY FOR
the YEAR.
Progressive St. Joseph Institution
Gives Facts That Show Splendid
Progress.
(The Natchez Democracy

(The Natchez Democracy
In order to give concrete evidence
Of the great prosperity throughout
this section the Democrat has asked
the various banks In the towns OF
neighboring parishes and counties re-
gsrding the general conditions. The
first bank to respond is the bank OF
st. Joseph and the statement in every
particular is . splendid one, more than
confirming the most optimistic report.
Following IL the letter from the CASH
Ter Of the bank, Mr.. Louis Buckner, Jr.
Attention IL directed particularly to
the prosperous condition Of the bank
which is . barometer of the entire
parish and the increased valuation Of
land which IL given - something like
nfty per cent:
st. Joseph, La, Jan. 7th, 1918.
The Nstchez Democrat,
Matches, Miss.
GENTLEMEN:-
We beg to acknowledge receipt Of
your favor Of the 5th!inst., with refer.
ence to the general condition Of the
banks affairs. We wish to report de-
posts Of e2s2, 10000, loans and dis
counts, s22S.00 due from banks and
bankers, S112, 900. 90 and total resource
of;about $S76, 10000. Our clesrings for
the year of 1917 have been practically
double those OF previous years and
we regret that We cannot conveniently
give you the exact figures At this time.
Land values have increased some
thing like so per cent and the demand
for good farm lands exceeds the sup.
ply. Farming generally has improved
and the methods have
been improved to . great extent. The
negro farmers have made unprecdent-
ed profits and they have plenty Of
money, In fact they have more money
than they ever dreamed Of.
II We can be of further service to you
along these lines, command as.
Yours very truly.
LOUIS BUCKNER, JR.,
Cashier.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Hearst Pays urely
Social Visit to Hylan
Political Aspect Dissipated BY
Presence Of Publishers
Wife

William Il. Hearst reciprocated III.
feeling of admiration expressed BY
Mayor Hylan at Palm Beach in con.
nection with the famous episode OF the
jellyfish and the toad, by calling on the
Mayor at the City Hall yesterday. The
presence of Mrs. Hearst discouraged
what would have been an event of muct
political interest and speculation. The
politicians were willing to admit that
the call was purely social" as it VA
said to be.
The Mayors candidate for Govenu
and Mrs. Hearst arrived at the CITY
Hall about noon. The publisher VA
recognized by the crowd in Cv
Hall Park, and it was assumed that he
had come to make a speech from The
Liberty Bell used in the Liberty Loan
drive by the Mayors Committee o.
Women on National Defence, of whltt
Mrs. Hearst is chairman. The Hearts,
however. went directly TO the Mayer;
Office
After short talk the Mayor and M
secretary, Grover Whalen, accompanlN
by Mr.. and Mrs. Hearst. went to luneh
1t was the first time that the publishH
had called at the City Hall since Mays
Hylan took office
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Calder Declares Criticism
Brought Improvement in
War Department Branches
Cites House Commission

ROCHESTER,, April 1s.-Spcaking
before the Rochester Ad Club here to-
day, United States Senator William NJ.
Calder defended criticisms of the War
Department by Congress by saying that
he was sure "thc American people,
after due deliberation, would agree
that the criticisms have had more to
20 with the reorganization of the War
departments various branches since
the convening Of Congress last De-
ccmber than any other thing"
He added that "thc appointment of
Messrs. Stcttinius and Keppcl as
Assistant Secretaries of War and the
placing of General March as chief Of
staff and of General Gocthals at the
head OF the quartcrmastcr depart
ment, as we'll as that of Mr. Baruch as
head of the War Industries Board.
would never have been accomplished d
but for the fact that the Senate Com
mtteo on Military Affairs very dill
gently brought to the attention of the
President the faults in the manage
ment of the various bureaus Of the
War Department and of our military
system in Washington"
But my fellow citizens" he added.
III would not have you believe that
every branch of the government has
been subject to criticism. We have
started the building of vast war or
ganization, which bv the end Of an
other year will be greatest of any
country in the world"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Owners of Chop Suey
Places to Clean Up
Thirty Cinnamon, Recently
Raided, Promise to Keep
"Within the Law"

Thirty Cinnamon, proprietors of the
chop suey restaurants raided by AS
sistant District Attorney James E.
Smith last Sunday morning, gathered
in the prosecutors office yesterday
afternoon and, through former Judge W.
NJ. X. Olcott and Terence j. McManus.
their attorneys, agreed to run their
places "within the law"
They said they would see that in
toxicated soldiers and sailors were not
admitted and that girls under
eighteen years of age were kept out.
They promised to remove screens from
the private dining booths and to sub
sttutc chairs for the. long benches
in these booths. They agreed to an
other of Mr.. Smiths demands, that the
Chinese walters will not be permitted
to rake in tips by running out to
saloons for patrons who like beer
with their chop suey.
The visitors said their restaurants
represented an investment of $780,
900, which was too much to lose bv
getting into bad favor with the Dis
trct Attorney and public opinion. Mr..
Smith said he was delighted with the
spirit of cooperation the Chinese
manifested.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Break About Even in Local
Option Election, but Both
Sides Claim Victory
Women Cast Big Vote
20 Cities for Prohibition, 10
Against; 20 Per Cent of
Licenses Retained

Tuesdays and Wednesdays fights
on the liquor question, held in thirty
nine cities and villages of the state,
ended. final figures showed yesterday,
in what was practically draw, which
gave both sides the privilege of claim
ing the victory.
On the face Of the returns the drys
won by a bare majority. Twenty
towns declared for prohibitions; nine
teen rejected it. The vets, however,
carried the largest municipalities af
fected by the voting, and thus. saloon
keepers retain more than 10 per cent
of the 2.132 licenses involved.
Syracuse and Schenectady, the larg-
est cities voting, rolled up big ma
hamton. the only other second-clasS
city affected, went dry. The total vote
cast was unusually heavy, due chiefly
TO the participation of women.
Result of Election
The result. in detail. follows:
Dry-Auburn, Batavia, Binghamton,
mira, Fulton, Gloversville, Hornell,
Ithaca, Jamestown, .Johnstown. Middle
town, Norwich, Oneida, Oneonta, Platts-
burg Salamanca. Watertown.
Wet-Amsterdam, Beacon, Geneva,
Glens Falls, Kingston, Little Falls,
Lockport, Mount Vernon, Newburgh,
New Rochelle, North Tonawanda, Og
densburg, Olean, Oswego, Port Jervis,
Rome, Schenectady, Syracuse and Ton
awanda.
The New York State Brewers Asso-
ciot;op opJ +ho Anti.CalooO ToaCuo
both claim the victory
William II. Hirst, counsel for the
brewers, said yesterday:
"The result of the local option cleo
tion justifcs and vindicates the judg-
ment of those in the Legislature who
posed ratification of national prohi-
bition. Not only does national prohi-
bition divest the State of New York Of
its sovereignty and police power and
put beyond its jurisdiction the control
of the manufacture and sale of alco-
the sentiment Of the majority of the
people of the state on prohibition as a
moral or economic measure.
"This Is the inevitable conclusion to
be derived from the substantial wet
majorities in such large cities as SYRIA
cuse, Schenectady, Kingston. New
burgh, New Rochelle, Little Falls and
! OSWego.
Says Women Aided Vets
"The women are of the same mind
on this subject as the men. They voted
with the men to pile up big wet ma
! jorities in all of these places. Manu-
featuring centres and residential sec
tions, employers and employees, united
in their protest against prohibition"
On the other hand, the following
communicate was sent back from the
trenches of the Anti-Saloon League by
! William H. Anderson, state superin-
tendent:
"The vote yesterday was the first
! instalment Of the referendum which
the vets have clamored for. They
gained nothing, but lost half Of what
they had. The victory was large
enough to encourage the people to keep
on and small enough to prevent them
from going to sleep.
"The vets always and everywhere
succeeded in fooling good many COM
munities the first time by the misrep-
resentation and other tactics for which
they are noted, and no city the size
of Syracuse anywhere in the country
was ever carried dry the first time"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
News in Briet

P. Foy. editor of "Foy's New a TN tn
Daily Market Report" enterla,mrt ID.
newspaper men assigned TO Presdersl
daily transactions of the + pats
Food Board at luncheon at 'ns
McAlpin.
Striking laborers from the b,n,ys. J rIs.
Dive Works. Greenpont. stare. o.ssrus
near the foot of Greeupoint h.,y n; n.
Several automobilists were an,rike.s
jured by stones and eleven "
were arrested.
James Haggerty. Thomas .rress.l resl
Harry May and Frank Sm,aI,d .ald.up al
ir connection with the no't t.rsessursl
robbery of Edward Goodman, ah.atre, wst
of the Eighty-first Street p:s,ms ths~
discharged by Magistrate o'hA'
E. II. sothern and Julia .ssn Msa'ti, Il,
were among the spectators Assoclr'
Fordham University Drama1t.: t:,c'
ton presented "lf / were "
Elizabeth Harkavy, srsdustt;s. nsIS sIts.
who wanted to work in Russ's ssr nj;
tho Amer;cap Red Cross. has pee. pee; b
ural;zed She was born in kus'''
1890.
A Dor.. tina. got out of Carl 1al,ssss'gs' sss''ss
barn r. "1tS at ss Ma Maspeth Avenue, , srswgsts w.sts
tumhled into an excavation q, :. ssuet
nol;tan Avenue and Humboia..
and wns hoisted out with def''s
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Capelle Distorted Figures,
British Officially Declare

LONDON. April 1s.-Accordng to a
statement issued officially tonight, the
figures given by Admiral yon Capelle
IN his speech are misleading and con-
trary to facts.
Exaggerated figures of losses are
still relied on by the enemy" says the
statement. "The average of monthly
losses of British shipping in 1917 was
$4,000 gross tons, whereas Admiral
Won Capelle bases his argument on
over 100000 tons. The figures for tho
quarter ended March 81 will be pub
lished shortly, when it will be seen
that the claims made of continuance
of the drop in the rate of losses ia
fully justified.
with regard to steel, the First
Lord Of the Admiralty already has "a.
sured the House Of Commons that ar.
'rangcmcnts have been made for sun.
ply of steel to give the output aimed
at. and at the present time tho shin.
yards arc in every case fullv supni;na
with this material" f'''NN
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Lenroot Is. Sworn In
AS Wisconsin Senator
Assigned to Committee Places
as Announcement Is Made
of Other Changes

WASHINGTON, April 49, Repre-
sentative Irvine L. Lcnroot, Of Wiscon
SIN, Republican, to-day was sworn in as
member of the Senate as successor Of
the late Senator Husting. democrat
lie was assigned to places on the Com
merce, Railroads and Public BUILDINGS
committees.
Other changes in membership on
Senate committees. announced bv the
Republican steering committee, includ-
ed the assignment of Senator johnson.
of California. to the Military Affairs
Committee. succeeding the late Senator
Brady, of Idano
Senator Baird. of New Jersey. who
succeeded the late Senator Hughes. was
assigned to the Ranking, Public Lands
and Mines committees, while Senator
France, of Maryland, was given place
on tho Agriculture Committee. Senator
Weeks, of Massachusetts. was made
chairman Of the Committee on Disno-
sltion of Useless Departmental Papcrs.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
What Is Going On To-day
ONE MEAL WHEATIESS.

THIRD LIBERTY HOND DRIVE
so a'sS!S Ssy to ntk G MuSsm of Natural
Museum Of Safety. Van Cortlardlt Park Museum
Circus. Madison Square Garden
Addresses by. Iavd Lawrence and Anal, pinch.r
tou M the Do,mon;so, """ss% Of aS %s n AveH"e Xsssa
Social day OF tho Theatre Assembly. Hotel As,or
Meeting of The New Workers. Hotel Astor 50
Loyalty day exercises Of The New York Homeopathic
Address hy Andro q Tarcu at meeting of tho Father
y Alexander. West Finy eighth Street rect "af,s "a m
Lecture by Alfred W. Martin on The World war
iIoasn After til" wa lecture lee I na Aeaaemv eseIr'n
nnntS "F Mus,r st ,hs nr"Skly" Wd. var p N.
yation Army. Algonquin Hotel. 63O y. m.
Address w Vernon heogg st tho dinner of the
Dinner Of the Hawkins zouayes Association. Hotel
Dinner of the Dartmouth Alumn, Association o,
>,ss,,yv MsM f",k, o, , ,,oicl Md, MrAlnin v p m
Meeting OF tho salcsmaiishlp Club Of New York
logical Genesis and Meaning OF Religious Au-
Meeting OF Tic Alliance Francaiss d, Ne,y York
Waldorf Astoria. $50 D. m avn"
PUBLIC LECTURES OF THE BOARD OF EDu.
CATION. sl5 r. NJ
MANHATTAN
Civic En,c@lcy In War Time" by Mira Lucia A
Mead. WadlcRh High School. 9TH street. wcs,
of seventh Avenue Wv"
The Fading of the Frontier" by Azicl Hun rlsh
+. = 49, Broadway aud Vcrmilyca Avenue
Tho Mighty st. Lawrence" by Miss I,1nc NJ
Davis. =. $. 81. Eighty eighth Street cast OF
Italy. tho Land and People How They Aro Gov
crned. by a. Franklin Ross, +. s. l3a l8od
Street and Wndsworih Avenue ''
Hugo and the Age OF Disconrnt" by rrofcsao,
Charles r. Horne. rh. D. Y NJ C. A., Il:
East Eighty sixth S,r~t ' ''
The WITH o' Music. by Franccsco Magocco
T. g. Ioa otalirn) 'I5 East ll3th Street
TIE HRONX
'Rcautiful Norway" by Mrs Fn,c Dsnfor,h Mc
Afcc. Public Library. 75D East lGDh s,,r,e, "
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
3 Fusion Workers
Held in $1,000 Bail
Sulzer, Childs and Newcomb
to Plead Next
Wednesday

William Hamlin Childs, chairman of
the Fusion campaign committee; ex-
State Senator Josiah T. Newcomb and
Ex-Governor William Sulzer, who were
indicted for an alleged conspiracy to
conceal the payment of $4,000 to Sui
zer for his services as campaign orator
for Mayor Mitchell, were held in $1,000
bail yesterday by Supreme Court JUS
tice Goff for pleading next Wednesday.
AS the Ex-Governor entered the
courtroom one of tue first things he
did was to stride over to the side of
ex-senator William II. Reynolds, who
was waiting to be arraigncd on a
charge of conspiring to defraud the
Seaside Park IN 1913.
"Wcll, we'll, Bill" said Sulzer, grin
ming. misery loves company Glad
to see you!"
The ex-senator condcscendcd to
smile. but he didn't seem to be able to
extract as much humor out of the situ-
alton as Sulzer did.
John B. Stanchfield, counsel for Mr..
Childs and spokesman for the array
of legal talent representing the de-
PENDANTS, injected little humor into
the situation by gravely requesting
Justice (Goff to defer sentence" in
each case.
Did you say sentence, Mr. Stanch-
field?" asked the court
II meant pleading. your honor" said
Mr.. Stanchfield, with a slight accent
on pleading"
"Ah, that's BETTER" the cour. re-
piled. eve haven't quite got as far
as the sentence. think you gentle
men can digest the indictments and
prepare your motions by next Wednes-
day." 1t was SO ordered
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19

national coalition. do not wish the
Republicans to share the patronage, but
1T is disquieting when in the other
party we see appointments made appar-
entity for political and not for national
purposes.
Cites House Commission
"Take as an illustration the commits
sion which was appointed to go abroad
and participate in the War Council.
When our allies sent commissions here
they were strongly representative of
their nations. This stately commission
of ours consisted of six civilian mem
bers. Its head was Colonel House, an
excellent, attractive man, for whom |
have much personal admiration, but
who never held any public responsible
lty and is known to the country as the
confidential adviser of the President in
Kitchen or back stairs cabinet, an office
which has never carried with it much
popularity or public regard
"The next member was Mr.. McCor-
mick, the chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, with no other
claim to public confidence, and who is
best remembered by Republicans as the
man who, the day after the last cleo
tion, issued the warning that the Re-
publlcans aimed TO steal the Presi-
dency.
"Then there was Mr. Colby. also
known for his work toward the cleo
ton Of President Wilson, and Mr..
Cusby and Mr.. Taylor. Democratic Of
flce holders, and at the end is Mr..
Perkins, of Boston, who is labelled a
Republican, but though Massachusetts
is a small state and have been pretty
active there for twenty-five years I
have never known what his politics
were. Five active Democrats and one
neutral Republican,.
Not an Unusual Instance
"lf that were an unusual instance
| would not think it worth referring
to. but its partisanship is typical. and
not accidental. And as d Republican
| cannot, help feeling disquieted and
aggrleved when see the enormous
powers and patronage which we have
eagerly invested in the Administration
organized on partisan lines.
"However, my friends. although the
partisanship exhibited bv the Admin
lstration is not agreeable 10 us, yet it
is not going to diminish our support.
1T may take from it something of cor
diality and heartiness, but it will not
take from it anything of force or eff
cheney.
"fhe Republican party in Congress
in the future. as in the past. intends
TO prove that its one purpose. in which
it is engaged heart and soul. is to
give to the Administration everything
possible to make it more forceful and
more successful; not to criticise. not
to complain, but ignoring all sectional
or partisan feelings to vie with the
men from the South and the West and
the North who differ from us in. po-
lltlCal faith in SunpOrtipo. tbo L'yoc,
tive until this terrible scourge of war
is over. Then the Republican party. as
party organization, will again be
needed"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Acrobat Fatally Injured
When Kinspin of Craft
Breaks
Six Chorus Girls Faint
Audience Witnesses Mi,h..
but Curtain Quickly
Is Lowered

One man was injured so seyere,v :,
he will probably die and two o.h..'
were hurt last night when a nro,as.'
aeroplane. used in a scene on tho uv W.
podrome stage, collapsed and fell t.ap.
high above the boards. ~" ''0m
The apparatus contained two ....
bats, Axel Marano, 305 West Tb;s.v ;s.v
fifth Street, who has fractured sh,i,
an injured back and is in DIVING cca
dition at Bellevue Hospital ava, sal
Eugene Sion, of 532 Seventh Avenusu u,'u
who escaped with decorations of ~.
knee and hand The machine in fal,a". ~.
hit Henry Casey, 33 East 24lst Stray
a stage hand, who sustained frss
tured skull and possible internal 'Ss' az
juries. He is also in Bellevue bnt nil, Il,
probably recover. ''''
The accident was caused bv n.
breaking of the king pin in the sae,o ,,,s
plane" which was being whirled ahav,
on a wire rope. Immediately follow;ns
the crash the curtains of the stage wers
drawn and officials reassured the sua;.
cnce. which for the most part, remained
quiet.
More like projectile with pro.
pellcr in front than an aeroplane, the
car was suspended from an arm Tint
projected from a tower-like structure
on an automobile that was driven on
to the stage. The car SCARED with in.
creasing speed about its tower As the
aerial carrousel gathered speed the cs
swung further and further from The
supporting tower. Marano was hang
ing by his toes.
When the kingpin snapped it went
flying off at tangent with its human
freight, landing with clatterine thuS
that told the story to the audience
even though the curtain had de-
scended with a speed that hid III,
tragedy from its sight.
Chorus girls who were waiting in
the wings for the spectacle which fol-
lows the act missed no detail of tn,
mishap, however. Six of them tainted
at the crash. Miss Agnes Tate, tn,
trained nurse in attendance in th
house, did what she could for the men
until the arrival of an ambulance and
then had to turn her attention to tn,
chorus girls in order to enable then
to proceed with the performance
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Austrians, Stained Amber,
Purchase Liberty Bonos

POTTSVILLE, Penn. April 1S.-Fb
Austrians who refused to purcasss
Liberty bonds at the Lyttle Coli's,,I
near here, were taken by the heeis ~. ~
dipped into steel tank used Tor me-. e.,
ing oil for the colliery engines. iaff Il
men are covered to-day with s'a'h y
an amber hue. ,,,
Threats to sue the rngleaders orouss. !.
the statement that suit wouIo -. :,
suit in the Austrians being strung VI
The men all purchased bonds to-ass'
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax

Every once in so often, Spring an
nounces that Winter has made peace
proposals, whereupon Winter follows
the precedent established by young
King Karl.
The burghers of Garvey's Point,
Long Island, are still uncertain as to
how they are going to get Miss Mary
Ellen Mackenzie, seventy-one years
old, out of the middle of the street.
She has been there since Wednesday,
and has announced that, barring auto
mobile accidents, she is going to re-
main there for years if necessary.
Miss Mackenzie was evicted from her
home Wednesday by John S. Appleby,
who owns the dwelling, according to
court decision. He offered the spinster
$500 cash and the place for life, rent
free, if she would sign a quit claim.
mise, and when Appleby was informed
that the property was being damaged
he evicted her.
Whereupon Miss Mackenzie, sur
rounded by her numerous cats and
other household gods, sat her down in
the middle of the street, where the
movers left her, and has since refused
to bulge. The Garvey's Pointers have
tried persuasion and threats, to no
avail.
Here stay" says the old lady, and
she does.
Sunday will be largely devoted to
prayer for all dumb animals engaged
in the war;" says an announcement,
and until we saw that it came from the
New York Women's League for Animals
we thought some one had been taking
pity on the German people.
Peace once more broods over the
home of John Livoser, in Montclair,
N. j., which has sheltered in the recent
past more than it's share of matri-
monial chickering's.
According to the police, Mrs. Livoser
came home late Wednesday night and,
finding the door locked, got into the
house by taking the door in with her.
This, it is said, aroused the temper of
Friend Husband, who girded up his
loins and chased his spouse all the
way to the Montclair Ridge line,
where, Livoser alleges, his wife turned
and fired three shots at him.
Peace broods over the home of John
Livoser, for he is in Mountainside Hos
pital with bullet wound in his mouth
and the Glen Ridge police are taking
care of his wife.
The Jail at Wappinger Falls, NJ Y,
has been closed as unsanitary by the
State Prison Commission, much to the
disgust of the police force, who says
hs isn't going to arrest any more male
factors if he has to walk all the way
to the next town to Jail them.
Heard on Broadway-"There's a raid
on!"
"Swann or Zeppelin ?"