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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-12-29

1.,I-,sIi,,-I TaI' H. 4 80 III
Highway Asso, iation Has Fine Meet
ing in Alexandria.
aasThe second annual convention
of the Louisiana Jefferson High
way Association met in Alexan-.
Gria onlThursday. Dec. Is, and
had an exceptionally, good meet
Jag. New Orleans especially had
fine delegation OF nine persons
present. Grant parish was re-
presented by j. w. Duncan c.
H, Teal and J. B, Roberts. . 20
., The Introductory remarks were
made by Senator T. L. Bowling,
who acted as chairman of the
convention. Speakers the con-
avention and their subjects were
as follows: Mr.. Walter Parker,
why INVENT to Europe instead
of Winnipeg Mayor Bebrman,
New Orleans is. Your Town and
the Jefferson Highway is. Your
Abstract of Title to it," Mayor
Ford, Shreveport, The Gateway
for louisiana for Benefits Flow
ing, Down the jefferson. High
way" Duncan Buie, "The Lost
Provinces, Our Opportunities to
Regain lThem;',s j. d. ,Clarkson,
.a'.Will Louisiana Maintain Her
oPfestige.'',al IL a9iss4 ~ u ~. /
Lunch was served to the dele
gates at the Hotel Bentley.
= A summary of the, report Of
the delegates shows that except
ing about seven miles the Jeffer-
son Highway has been entirely
taken care1pfh thropg hout Louisi-
oana, Gaddo nand Desoto parishes.
The report also shows that the
work is one hundred percent
complete in most. of the parishes
and that many etherparishes re-
sport, that work. is. progressing
:. rapid3ys ass.I1ssl sll' iAA'.sa''' .''s'''ss'
Theconnmittee on nominations
Submitted a report providing for
,ithe election of the following di-
rectors. The report was unani-
mously adopted and the follow
ring 6were chosen: 81 John, New.
Ford. Shreveport; w, A.'Nabors,
Desoto; ]. w. Duncan, Grant;
L. U. Bahin, East Baton Rouge.
blaResOlutions We're passed as, fol-
lows: sa That the Louisiana Jeffer-
son Highway Association approve
the principles of the Townshend
Bill to, provide for a system of
snationai highways and call upon
the Louisiana senatorial and con-
gressiouall delegation to said in
eth e., enactment Of Legislation
carrying stheseo principles in
to effect. Resolved that the
members of the LouisianaJeffe
son Highway Association call up
ION the members of the senate Of
the state of louisiana and tn,
members, OF, the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes Of LOUISE Louisiana 70 epac
at the forthcoming session com
pletioni IF 4 permqgarfig ssnt system Q
highways % forsdLonisianasw Re
solveH,' that the commercial Or
CARNATIONS of Louisiana reaues
the United States Railr9adVAd
ministration) tel continue in effec
the one half centrefuad on rate
applicable on sand, gravel; shell
and like material when forg US
in the construction of publ
highways IN Louisiana, iy . 2, : +.
elect Stubs, Advice Of Gay.
Edward j. Gay,I Junior, Unit
r~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-12-29

Much Of tie 50 5f vacsAe GOT
gardening lies in neighborltUdd c6Qps
Grafton and mass enthusiasm over
passionate young radishes aud tender
onions otIdnabsj bafU.1I Won Coz
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-12-29

Chaplain of Stubs Regiment Tells How
~ 80 He. Helped Soldiers. al sssan
/. - Rev. Father Henry o., Cassidy,
the priest. assigned to Col Frank
z. .Stuhb S rsgiin aiasnt ~ .-.s'ehapsssils
Is not resident Of Louisiana and
hence CAM have no political bias
IN the present contest for govern
or. Father Cassidy has Eolhnl
a letter TOD. .P.sW.
.S.5Ayymlosld, in which. he I pays "a
high. tributeato Col. Stubbs. az iso i
He says Col. Stubs was UNI
firing in his efforts to make the
men Of his command comfortable
and happy. and issmany times did
he, dipinto his private funds to
help me the in successful manage
ment of some. project, Il, / Z IS . ,sas
& This letter Of Father Cassidy
is accepted by the Stubbs people
las being a. complete refutation,e
1.-THE Parker. charges that Col.
Stubs was disIiked- by the rank
and file. .''i-oA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-12-29
Election Of Parker Would Have Big
Effect on Nationa! Campaign.

Election Of Parker Would Have Big,
Effect on Nationa! Campaign: -
b At this time, the Stubs CAM
aigncommittee desires especial
lynto warn the Democrats of Lou
isiana that the. national Repub-
lican party is anxiously'uwatch-
ing the louisiana campaign with
the hope that MIR. Parker will be
nominated in the, coming .iprim-
airy. trusting that Mr.. Parker
will put into, effect the statement
made by him in 1916. iSse,New
Orleans Item, April 8, 1919. u In
which he said: ~ 1901 = ~ l.. syi,s-
~ liam as sure lam. going to
be governor as | am that 1 Stand
here to night and when Liam,
that poor, (Democratic1 rooster,
with its frazzled tail, is going to
lose his, head as soon as I can get
out my Ratchet .,s j. ,nINoIIoi 81.
The Louisiana election will
havea bearing on the national
campaign, and if Mr. Parker is
chosen as governor of louisiana
there would be no doubt that the
Solid South would be broken in
the November election. j as Par
kerism and ,Republicanism are
one and-the same, and. Mr.. Par
ker has stated from every stump
that he is the same Parkeroand
that he has no apologies to make
for his, war Z. on. the Democratic
.barty and his efforts to. destroy
that party, which has stood in
season. and out Of i season for
white supremacy. in y Louisiana
and in the South &c. ~ ., a 1 5s.
Z !. u
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-12-29

American toys are rapidly filling the
csaa;ss ssS ss q !ss
s' ns; e ~ g;
Christmas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-12-29
BUDGET OF EXPENSES.

On motion Of Mr.. Purvis seconded by
:Mr. ". P. Deem the following: budget
bf expenses for the year year 1920 was va
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-12-29

At different tunes nsthes worlds bis
tory Greece. RENE. France Poland
and other nations have saved civiiiza'
--t3es-frem the -harbaric menace tbs
s1Se6 Srs1 FfE e6915 Blue nov t.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
final EFFORT FOR
HUN VICTORY MADE
A YEAR AGO TODAY
fBy Associated PressD

WASHINGTON, March 21.-One
year ago today the German army, at
the peak of its power, poured down on
the British lines in Picardy bent on
winning an overwhelming victory be-
fore American troops should reach the
front in force.
Today, Germany no longer exists as
a military power; her gigantic war
machine has collapsed and the Amer
lean army she sought to avoid stands
astride the Rhine, shoulder to shoul-
der with the British and French and
with all Of Germany absolutely at its
mercy.
When the cables on March 81, 1918,
brought the news of the first terrific
German onslaught, American effort,
officers here today recalled, was striv-
ing toward the production of an army
of five million men, equipped to bring
victory in 1919. Within less than
nine months the first and second
American armies had broken the very
hinge of the whole enemy front with
the capture of Sedan, while decided
victories had been won by the British
and French. 1t was then that to save
themselves from the ignominy of hav-
ing their army captured, the German
leaders forced their emperor to abdl-
cate and surrendered as a nation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
GERMAN SEAMEN
REFUSE TO OPERATE
SHIPS FOR ALLIES
{By Associated Press)

BERLIN, March 21.-The German
steamers Burgermeister Won Melle and
Burgermeister Schroeder, which were
scheduled to sail on March Is in ac
cordance with the agreement reached
at Brussels between German and in
ter-allied food commissions, have been
prevented from leaving Hamburg
owing to resolution passed by sea
men there refusing tp operate ships
demanded Dy the entente nations.
Some newspapers protest against
the resolution and say it represents
the will of "small communistic sec.
tion,' and that it is strongly disfavor
ed by other seamen's associations
The Hamburg section of the trans
port workers union has lodged a pro
test against the action of the seamen
HAMBURG, Wednesday, March 10
At a mass meeting of seamen held
today the following resolution was
passed:
"Today's mass meeting of seamen
of all descriptions refused to partici
pate in the delivery of German mer
chant ships demanded by the entente
and declared it to be the duty of all
seamen and laborers to refuse to carry
out work on those ships"
TIN resolution was passed on the
ground that there was no guarantee
that Germany would receive any food
except the initial delivery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
.BLAMES SENATOR
FOR ARMY SYSTEM
OF court MARTA!

YUMA, Arizona, March 21.-Secre-
tary of War Newton d. Baker, who is
on an inspection tour of army camps,
replying to charges made yesterday in
Washington by Senator Chamberlain
of Oregon, chairman of the senate mil
itary affairs committee, that the sec
retary was under the influence of re-
dictionaries opposed to changes in the
army court martial system, said that
the senator himself caused to be
enacted the system he is attacking.
Secretary Baker and his party
passed through here late last night
and are expected to reach Ell Paso to-
day. Secretary Bakers statement
follows:
Il cannot permit myself to be
drawn into a newspaper controversy
with Senator Chamberlain about offic-
ers of the army to whom l hold an
official relation and whose conduct
l must judge dispassionately and up
on all the evidence l can obtain.
"That duty is mine and not Sena-
tor Chamberlain and shall perform
it unbiased and unhurried by abuse
or agitation.
1T is important. however, to note
that the system Of court marital and
of military justice which the senator
attacks is one which he himself
caused to be enacted in 1916"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
Returned Wayne Soldiers
Want Better Positions

Soldiers who have applied at the
Employment Service office get back
their old positions in most cases, II
they want them, says Miss Mary
Fisher, in charge.
However, many of them have grown
and developed since being in the SER
vice and they want bigger and better
jobs.
There are few who are very glad
to get back their old jobs. A small
number who have been refused for
mer positions have been placed else
where
Many boys returning from the ser.
vice want outdoor work, whereas they
formerly had inside work. They have
been used to plenty of fresh air and
now they think they can't go back tc
a stuffy office.
Many have benefited by the train
Ing they have received along various
lines and feel themselves capable OF
taking more responsible position.
The United States Employment of
flee which will close Saturday, has
been successful in placing a large ma
jority of the soldiers who have report
ed there from camp.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
PLANS FOR efficient
SHIPYARD OPERATION
{Ry Associated PressS

PHILADELPHIA, March 81. -- An
nouncement was made here today that
Charles Piez, head of the United
States shipping board Of emmergency
fleet corporation in a conference at
Washington with Pacific coast ship
builders, discussed with them the de
STABILITY Of a revision Of the existing
contracts. By this means, 1t was stat
ed, that government Will secure the
advantages of such reductions Of cost
as are due to the increased efficiency
of the yards.
During the conference Mr.. Piez
dwelt upon the fact that his views ap'
piled to those yards that had been in
existence at the time this country en-,
tered the war and thus had not only
competent, efficient management, but
the nucleus of an efficient yard and
shop organization.
The yards created during the war,
Mr.. Piez was told, have found it diff
ficult to make ends meet, because
they were hampered by high construc-
ton cost and by the necessity of
building up a working force out OF
wholly green and inexperienced men.
Mr.. Piez stated that a big western
yard with a contract for twelve $500
tons ships is reported to have gone in,
to the hands of a receiver, this being
the third to take this step. This Incl
dent, he said, is but reflection of the
conditions that exist in some of the
newly created shipyards
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21

The race problem is the greatest
which the world will have to face in
the future, according to A. Warbur-
ton Davidson, an Englishman, for nine
years a resident of Chungkfng, China,
who spoke at Earlham college Friday
morning. Mr. Davidson represents the
International Friends institute in
Chungking. which is the largest city
in western China.
THE student of affairs who said
during the world war To-day we are
struggling in the greatest war of hui
manity; tomorrow we will be strug-
Cling with economic problems, and
day after tomorrow the White and
Yellow race problem, was right said
Mr.. Davidson this morning. Even your
own President Wilson, man who
never shrinks from facing existing
conditions, shrinks from attacking the
race problem. After thirty years dur
ing which Christian workers have con-
scientiously struggled in China, the
solution is not yet in sight"
president Wilson has saved the day
for the world by being present himself
at the world peace conference table" :"
Mr.. Davidson said in regard 10 present
international affairs. Il think the Chi
nese, who are thinking about existing
conditions in the world at large appre-
ciate this. l believe the proposed
league of nations would be of greatest
help to China.
"The effort lies in getting the Chi
nese to consider political questions;
in getting the ordinary person to
think. We have men who are great
thinkers, who would be termed sue
cessful and interesting men in the
western world. You have met these
men in America. They come here
and charm you, but they are not rep
resentative. They are the oasis in the
desert of ignorance.
Give Aid to Women.
"And to help this great country of
untold wealth, of unimaginable re-
sources, we, who have entered the
field are externally working"
In the interests of spiritual, intellec-
tual and physical welfare of business
men in Chungking, city of some half
million inhabitants, a Young Mems in
stitute was established there in 1909,
and has proved so successful that at
present definite steps are being taken
for the establishment of a similar in
stitution for the women of the city,
Davidson said. He and Mrs. Davidson
are enroute to San Francisco, and will
sail from there on April to continue
their work in China. While crossing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
Famous Sistine Choir Is
To Tour United States

NEW YORK, March 21-The famous
Sistine choir from Rome will make a
concert tour of the United States
under the auspices of high dignitaries
of the Roman Catholic church this
spring, it was announced today.
The choir, which is the oldest es-
tablishment known to the Christian
world, will come in May. 1t is com.
posed of 80 choral chaplains and for
many centuries these singers have
had the exclusive privilege of sing.
ing at those services and ecclesiasti.
cal functions at which the pope off
ciates in person. The Sistine choir
was founded in the fourth century.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
BRAKEMAN LOSES FEET
WHEN HE IS THROWN
UNDER FREIGHT TRAIN

Howard Williams, % years old, yard
brakeman for the Pennsylvania rail
road, suffered the loss of both feet
cut off at the ankles when his cloth
ing caught on passing freight train
and he was thrown beneath the
wheels, about 7:15 o'clock Friday
morning. Williams lives at S07 North
II street and is unmarried. He has
been employed by the Pennsylvania
about two years. In the course of his
work about the east yard, he swung
from a switch engine, and stood wait
ing for the freight to pass. He felt
his clothing catch, he said after the
accident, and was thrown under the
wheels before he could save himself
A physician was called, and Will
liams was taken to Reid Memorial
hospital. The physician said Friday
afternoon that he was unable to tell
whether or not Williams would re
cover, although he was getting along
well, considering the nature of his
injury.
Two men witnessed the accident
from a distance.
Train No. 4S3, west bound, was
the train which caused the injury.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
Villas AIDES
ARE KILLED BY
FEDERAL FORCE
Fifty-three Rebels Dead as Re-
suit of Recent Battle
Lopez Among Killed.

JUAREZ, Mex, March 21--Addi-
tional details of the battle last Wed
nesday at Bouquilla de Marquette in
which Villa followers were defeated
by government troops, were received
at headquarters here early today from
General Zuazua, commander of the
government forces.
According to General Zuazua the
battle lasted several hours before the
rebels ran out of ammunition and
charged in an attempt to capture the
federal mule train carrying ammuni-
ton. The charging rebels were met
by machine gun fire and were com
PEELED to flee leaving their dead on the
field. Villas killed numbered So,
while the federals lost only 16 killed.
Three bodies taken to Ascension,
chihuahua, twelve miles from the
scene of the conflict were identified
by residents there as those of Martin
Lopez, Villas second in command;
Ramon Vega, Villa general and Epi-
fania Holquin, bandit leader. Mar
tin Lopez has been with Villa since
boyhood, and for the last two years
has been his personal lieutenant. 1t
was Lopez who first instituted the
practice of dynamiting trains and
robbing passengers. Lopez with his
brother Pablo. participated in the
raid on Columbus, N. NJ, in March,
1915. Pablo was wounded and was
later captured and taken to Chihuahua
City, where he was executed. Ramon
Vega is a comparative newcomer
among the rebels. Among the federal
killed was a former Zapata general
who received amnesty and was com
ma nding a troop of federal cavalry in
cluding number of his former Zapa-
ia followers
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
Wealthy Stakeholder
Pickets for Striking
Textile Mill Workers

LAWRENCE, Mass, March 21.-
The striking textile workers were led
in their picketing of the mill district
at the opening hour today by Mrs
Glendower Evans, a wealthy resident
of Brookline. She was on the picket
lines at $50 a. m. and headed large
crowd of strikers in a patrol of the
mill gates for two hours. There were
no disorders.
Mrs. Evans, who is stockholder in
the Arlington mills which are involved
in the strike, said she would continue
her active interest in the striking EN-
ployes because she thought they
should obtain their demands for 4S
hour working week without losing any
Of the pay they received under the
former 54-hour schedule
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
Belgian Refugees Make
Good Living in England

LONDON March 21.-Belgian ref
ugees who fled to England at the be-
ginning of the war, have made their
residence profitable, according to tes-
timony in court at Hampstead, where
number of them appeared recently
to answer to the charge of not pay
ing their income tax.
Women, it was testified, made as
much as $1,000 year, while it was
not uncommon for men to earn from
$4,000 to $3,500. None of the fifty
Belgians summoned before the court
had taken any notice of the order to
pay their income tax, and~the court
ordered that they make amends forth
with.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
PAUL NJ, HUNT IS
DEAD IN FRANCE

Paul M. Hunt Of the 18th infantry,
Company First Division, is officially
reported dead in a message received
at the Red Cross service department
headquarters here this afternoon.
Hunt was wounded severely in the
action at Chateau Thierry the Gath OF
last July, and was officially reported
so in a telegram received by relatives
in Centerville. Although three cable
grams had been sent to France since
then no further word had been receiv-
ed from the soldier until the official
message today.
The soldier was a resident of Cen
terville and we'll known in Richmond.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
KING HAS new PLAN
FOR WORLD LEAGUE
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
King of Utah, democrat, announced
today that he had drafted a substitute
for the proposed constitution of the
league of nations, designed to meet
objections to the present document as
expressed by various members of the
senate and would send it to President
Wilson at Paris. The sena tor said he
had inserted provisions specifically
exempting the Monroe doctrine and
preserving the right of the United
States to control immigration, the tar
iff and similar questions as we'll as
permitting nation to withdraw from
the league upon one years notice.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21

the country they are attempting to
interest the people of the United
States in the work.
A suitable building is desired for
the furthering of the work among
Chungking women, and for this they
are asking $4,000, two-thirds of which
they secured in England during re-
cent visit there They are anxious
that some one in Richmond take an
interest in the work, and raise a sum
of money in this city.
"The city of Chungking is what VIC
in the States would term a wicked
city," Mr. Davidson explained this
morning. THE city has been brought
more and more into contact with the
worst side of the Western civiliza-
ton. The vices of the West are being
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
Germans Ask Plans on
Treaty Consideration
(By Associated Press)

BASEL, March 21.-The president
of the German armistice commission
at Spa has presented note to the
inter-allied delegates asking if Ger
many should consider as true state.
ments in the French and British press
that the peace treaty would be ready
for the Germans as soon as President
Wilson approved, but that the Ger
mans would be allowed neither to dis
cuss nor modify the document, ac
cording to Berlin advices..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
RACIAL QUESTION MOST SERIOUS OF AFTER-WAR
PROBLEMS TO BE met, DECLARES CHINA Resident

frafted onto those of the East with q
result which is vile indeed. The moral
poisons OF Europe spread with alarm
ing rapidity in Asia, and the Chinese
learn our vices much more quickly
than Our virtues"
Extremist ideas of certain English
and American suffragists have spread
to China, according to Mrs. Davidson,
who spoke briefly on conditions ex-
listing among the women of Chung
king. Recently the women donned
khaki and rioted in the heart of the
city, she said. 1t is in an effort to
combat this spirit, and at the same
time bring education and religion to
the women OF the Chinese empire that
the Women's Institute is being plan
ned, Mrs. Davidson told the students
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-21
Today's Temperature.
For Wayne County by w. E. Moor

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore
Partly cloudy this afternoon. Fair
tonight and Saturday. Colder tonight,
below freezing. Slowly rising tenn
perature Saturday.
General Conditions - Temperatures
continue above normal over Ohio val
ley and central states but it is colder
from the lake regions westward. The
cold wave reported over northwest has
moved southeastward to the Great
Lakes and will cause temperatures be-
low freezing tonight over the central
states 1t is IA to "a below zero in
southern Canada. A storm of consid-
erable energy is now over the far
southwest. being central over Arizona.